It took untold generations to get you where you are. A little gratitude might be in order. If you’re going to insist on bending the world to your way, you better have your reasons.
JORDAN PETERSONIn Paradise, everyone speaks the truth. That is what makes it Paradise. Tell the truth. Or, at least, don’t lie.
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Aristotle defined virtues simply as the ways of behaving that are most conducive to happiness in life.
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Dreams shed light on the dim places where reason itself has yet to voyage.
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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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People who know what to expect from one another can act together to tame the world.
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Always place your becoming above your current being.
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You’re going to pay a price for every bloody thing you do and everything you don’t do. You don’t get to choose to not pay a price. You get to choose which poison you’re going to take. That’s it.
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The purpose of life, as far as I can tell, is to find a mode of being that’s so meaningful that the fact that life is suffering is no longer relevant.
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I’m not hurt. I’m appalled.
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You don’t get to choose not to pay a price, you only get to choose which price you pay.
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It is better, proverbially, to rule your own spirit than to rule a city.
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Dare, instead, to be dangerous. Dare to be truthful. Dare to articulate yourself, and express (or at least become aware of) what would really justify your life.
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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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Worthlessness is the default condition.
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It is not virtuous to be victimized by a bully, even if that bully is oneself.
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So, listen, to yourself and to those with whom you are speaking. Your wisdom then consists not of the knowledge you already have, but the continual search for knowledge, which is the highest form of wisdom.
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