It’s a luxury to pursue what makes you happy; it’s a moral obligation to pursue what you find meaningful.
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.
More Jordan Peterson Quotes
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You’re not perfect just the way you are. You could be better!
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We may not exactly be God, but we’re not exactly nothing, either.
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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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It is far better to render beings in your car competent than to protect them.
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Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today.
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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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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.
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Stop saying those things that make you weak and ashamed. Say only those things that make you strong. Do only those things that you could speak of with honor.
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In order to be able to think, you have to risk being offensive.
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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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If you fulfill your obligations every day you don’t need to worry about the future.
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It is far better to render beings in your care competent than to protect them.
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Pet a cat when you encounter one on the street.
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You should not overlook the guidelines of your culture. Life is short, and you don’t have time to figure everything out on your own. The wisdom of the past was hard-earned, and your dead ancestors may have something useful to tell you.
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Truth reduces the terrible complexity of a man to the simplicity of his word.
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