Perhaps you are overvaluing what you don’t have and undervaluing what you do.
JORDAN PETERSONBut 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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And if you think tough men are dangerous, wait until you see what weak men are capable of.
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You remember the past not so that it is “accurately recorded,” to say it again, but so that you are prepared for the future.
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Dreams shed light on the dim places where reason itself has yet to voyage.
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When existence reveals itself as existentially intolerable, thinking collapses in on itself. In such situations – in the depths—it’s noticing, not thinking, that does the trick.
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It is far better to render beings in your car competent than to protect them.
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That which you most need to find will be found where you least wish to look.
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Question for parents: do you want to make your children safe, or strong?
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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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Treat yourself like you would someone you’re responsible for helping.
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To suffer terribly and to know yourself as the cause: that is Hell.
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We believe that in reducing the scope and importance of our errors, we are properly humble; in truth, we are merely unwilling to bear the weight of our true responsibility.
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I’m not hurt. I’m appalled.
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A hurricane is an act of God. But failure to prepare, when the necessity for preparation is well known – that’s sin.
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You cannot be protected from the things that frighten you and hurt you, but if you identify with the part of your being that is responsible for transformation, then you are always the equal, or more than the equal of the things that frighten you.
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Stop saying those things that make you weak and ashamed. Say only those things that make you strong. Do only those things that you could speak of with honor.
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