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.
JORDAN PETERSONYou 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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The things that pose the greatest threats to your survival are the most real things.
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That the soul of the individual eternally hungers for the heroism of genuine being.
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You can only find out what you actually believe (rather than what you think you believe) by watching how you act.
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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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Consult your resentment. It’s a revelatory emotion, for all its pathology.
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what can be truly loved about a person is inseparable from their limitations.
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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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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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It 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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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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Anyone who was out to change the world by changing others was to be regarded with suspicion. The temptations of such a position were too great to be resisted.
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Begin by treating yourself as if you were someone you were responsible for helping.
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Pet a cat when you encounter one on the street.
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You should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.
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Thus, you should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.
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