Don’t use language instrumentally.
JORDAN PETERSONTruth reduces the terrible complexity of a man to the simplicity of his word.
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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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Untruth corrupts the soul and the state alike, and one form of corruption feeds the other.
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You must determine where you are going in your life, because you cannot get there unless you move in that direction.
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Ideologies are substitutes for true knowledge, and ideologues are always dangerous when they come to power, because a simple-minded I-know-it-all approach is no match for the complexity of existence.
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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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Who cares if you are the prime minister of Canada when someone else is the president of the United States?
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That’s poetic in its malevolence.
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Question for parents: do you want to make your children safe, or strong?
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That the soul of the individual eternally hungers for the heroism of genuine being.
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What you aim at determines what you see.
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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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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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See the truth. Tell the truth.
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It’s the chattering buzz of ideologically possessed demons.
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If you betray yourself, if you say untrue things, if you act out a lie, you weaken your character.
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