Experience is the best teacher, and the worst experiences teach the best lessons.
JORDAN PETERSONPeople who know what to expect from one another can act together to tame the world.
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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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There’s a worthy and noble ambition: strength in the face of adversity. That is very different from the wish for a life free of trouble.
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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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In order to be able to think, you have to risk being offensive.
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Assume that the person you are listening to might know something you don’t.
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We believe that in reducing the scope and importance of our errors, we are properly humble; in truth, we are merely unwilling to bear the weight of our true responsibility.
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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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When you have something to say, silence is a lie.
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What you aim at determines what you see.
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The secret to your existence is right in front of you. It manifests itself as all those things you know you should do but are avoiding.
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Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today.
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It’s the chattering buzz of ideologically possessed demons.
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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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Consult your resentment. It’s a revelatory emotion, for all its pathology.
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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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