Untruth corrupts the soul and the state alike, and one form of corruption feeds the other.
JORDAN PETERSONThus, you should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.
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Who cares if you are the prime minister of Canada when someone else is the president of the United States?
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Worthlessness is the default condition.
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When you have something to say, silence is a lie.
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It’s the chattering buzz of ideologically possessed demons.
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The 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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Begin by treating yourself as if you were someone you were responsible for helping.
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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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It is far better to render beings in your care competent than to protect them.
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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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It took untold generations to get you where you are. A little gratitude might be in order. If you’re going to insist on bending the world to your way, you better have your reasons.
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We may not exactly be God, but we’re not exactly nothing, either.
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Thus, you should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.
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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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We cannot navigate, without something to aim at and, while we are in this world, we must always navigate.
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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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