Every bit of learning is a little death. Every bit of new information challenges a previous conception, forcing it to dissolve into chaos before it can be reborn as something better. Sometimes such deaths virtually destroy us.
JORDAN PETERSONPeople who know what to expect from one another can act together to tame the world.
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Old age and treachery can always overcome youth and skill.
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We are increasingly falling prey to the desperation of meaninglessness.
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Truth reduces the terrible complexity of a man to the simplicity of his word.
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Women select men. That makes them nature, because nature is what selects.
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Territory matters, and there is little difference between territorial rights and social status. It is often a matter of life and death.
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It’s the chattering buzz of ideologically possessed demons.
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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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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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Dreams shed light on the dim places where reason itself has yet to voyage.
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It’s appropriate and praiseworthy to associate with people whose lives would be improved if they saw your life improve.
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That which you most need to find will be found where you least wish to look.
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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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There are so many ways that things can fall apart, or fail to work altogether, and it is always wounded people who are holding it together.
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what can be truly loved about a person is inseparable from their limitations.
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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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