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.
JORDAN PETERSONAristotle defined virtues simply as the ways of behaving that are most conducive to happiness in life.
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Untruth corrupts the soul and the state alike, and one form of corruption feeds the other.
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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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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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One of the problems with being relatively wealthy if you are a parent is that you cannot provide your children with necessity.
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The better ambitions have to do with the development of character and ability, rather than status and power. The status you can lose. You carry character with you wherever you go, and it allows you to prevail against adversity.
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You should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.
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It is far better to render beings in your care competent than to protect them.
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Order is not enough. You can’t just be stable, and secure, and unchanging, because there are still vital and important new things to be learned.
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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.
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Truth reduces the terrible complexity of a man to the simplicity of his word.
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That the soul of the individual eternally hungers for the heroism of genuine being.
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When you have something to say, silence is a lie.
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Territory matters, and there is little difference between territorial rights and social status. It is often a matter of life and death.
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Old age and treachery can always overcome youth and skill.
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Life is indistinguishable from effortful maintenance.
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