We require routine and tradition. That’s order. Order can become excessive, and that’s not good, but chaos can swamp us, so we drown – and that is also not good. We need to stay on the straight and narrow path.
JORDAN PETERSONIt is my firm belief that the best way to fix the world – a handyman’s dream, if ever there was one – is to fix yourself.
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That’s poetic in its malevolence.
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It’s appropriate and praiseworthy to associate with people whose lives would be improved if they saw your life improve.
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But we can aim too high. Or too low. Or too chaotically. So we fail and live in disappointment, even when we appear to others to be living well.
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Alongside our wish to be free of rules, we all search for structure.
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Truth reduces the terrible complexity of a man to the simplicity of his word.
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Experience is the best teacher, and the worst experiences teach the best lessons.
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Don’t underestimate the power of vision and direction. These are irresistible forces, able to transform what might appear to be unconquerable obstacles into traversable pathways and expanding opportunities.
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Women select men. That makes them nature, because nature is what selects.
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There’s a worthy and noble ambition: strength in the face of adversity. That is very different from the wish for a life free of trouble.
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People organize their brains with conversation. If they don’t have anyone to tell their story to, they lose their minds. Like hoarders, they cannot unclutter themselves.
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True thinking is rare – just like true listening.
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If society is corrupt, but not the individuals within it, then where did the corruption originate? How is it propagated? It’s a one-sided, deeply ideological theory.
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The secret to your existence is right in front of you. It manifests itself as all those things you know you should do but are avoiding.
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You should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.
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We cannot navigate, without something to aim at and, while we are in this world, we must always navigate.
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