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.
JORDAN PETERSONIf a child has not been taught to behave properly by the age of four, it will forever be difficult for him or her to make friends.
More Jordan Peterson Quotes
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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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When you have something to say, silence is a lie.
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Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today.
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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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You don’t get to choose not to pay a price, you only get to choose which price you pay.
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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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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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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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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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Untruth corrupts the soul and the state alike, and one form of corruption feeds the other.
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Question for parents: do you want to make your children safe, or strong?
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We may not exactly be God, but we’re not exactly nothing, either.
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You’re not perfect just the way you are. You could be better!
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Dreams shed light on the dim places where reason itself has yet to voyage.
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That which you most need to find will be found where you least wish to look.
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