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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.

Jordan Peterson

It is not virtuous to be victimized by a bully, even if that bully is oneself.
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Harm Mental Oneself Virtue
Order is not enough. You can’t just be stable, and secure, and unchanging, because there are still vital and important new things to be learned.
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Enough Important Learning Secure
Perhaps you are overvaluing what you don’t have and undervaluing what you do.
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Value Worth Yourself
Sometimes it seems the only people willing to give advice in a realistic society are those with the least to offer.
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People Reality Willing
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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Danger Existence Ideas Knowledge Mindset Power True
Experience is the best teacher, and the worst experiences teach the best lessons.
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Experience Lesson Teaching Worst
Dreams shed light on the dim places where reason itself has yet to voyage.
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Dream Light Philosophy Reason Travel
Alongside our wish to be free of rules, we all search for structure.
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Deep Freedom Philosophy Reality Search
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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Carry Character Development Dream Power Struggle
It’s appropriate and praiseworthy to associate with people whose lives would be improved if they saw your life improve.
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Company Improvement Live People Yourself
And if you think tough men are dangerous, wait until you see what weak men are capable of.
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Danger Deep Man Thinking Weakness Yourself
Beauty shames the ugly. Strength shames the weak. Death shames the living – and the Ideal shames us all.
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Beautiful Death Philosophy Shame Strength Weakness
People organize their brains with conversation. If they don’t have anyone to tell their story to, they lose their minds. Like hoarders, they cannot unclutter themselves.
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Lose Peace People Story
Life is indistinguishable from effortful maintenance.
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Different Effort Life
It is far better to render beings in your car competent than to protect them.
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Better Protection Yourself
Thus, you should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.
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Inspirational Sacrifice Self Love Worth

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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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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