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 PETERSONThe 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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You cannot be protected from the things that frighten you and hurt you, but if you identify with the part of your being that is responsible for transformation, then you are always the equal, or more than the equal of the things that frighten you.
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If you are not willing to be a fool, you can’t become a master.
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Treat yourself like you would someone you’re responsible for helping.
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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 must determine where you are going in your life, because you cannot get there unless you move in that direction.
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A hurricane is an act of God. But failure to prepare, when the necessity for preparation is well known – that’s sin.
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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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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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When existence reveals itself as existentially intolerable, thinking collapses in on itself. In such situations – in the depths—it’s noticing, not thinking, that does the trick.
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It’s the chattering buzz of ideologically possessed demons.
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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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Life is indistinguishable from effortful maintenance.
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Alongside our wish to be free of rules, we all search for structure.
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It is my firm belief that the best way to fix the world – a handyman’s dream, if ever there was one – is to fix yourself.
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It is far better to render beings in your car competent than to protect them.
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