You can only find out what you actually believe (rather than what you think you believe) by watching how you act.
JORDAN PETERSONTo act is literally to manifest preference about one set of possibilities, contrasted with an infinite set of alternatives. If we wish to live, we must act. Acting, we value.
More Jordan Peterson Quotes
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It’s a luxury to pursue what makes you happy; it’s a moral obligation to pursue what you find meaningful.
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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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If you are not willing to be a fool, you can’t become a master.
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It’s the chattering buzz of ideologically possessed demons.
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In Paradise, everyone speaks the truth. That is what makes it Paradise. Tell the truth. Or, at least, don’t lie.
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If you don’t say what you think then you kill your unborn self.
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To act is literally to manifest preference about one set of possibilities, contrasted with an infinite set of alternatives. If we wish to live, we must act. Acting, we value.
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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 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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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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Old age and treachery can always overcome youth and skill.
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If 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.
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You deserve some respect. You are important to other people, as much as to yourself. You have some vital role to play in the unfolding destiny of the world.
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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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