People who know what to expect from one another can act together to tame the world.
JORDAN PETERSONThus, you should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.
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And if you think tough men are dangerous, wait until you see what weak men are capable of.
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Old age and treachery can always overcome youth and skill.
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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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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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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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Untruth corrupts the soul and the state alike, and one form of corruption feeds the other.
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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.
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Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today.
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If a child has not been taught to behave properly by the age of four, it will forever be difficult for him or her to make friends.
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It is better, proverbially, to rule your own spirit than to rule a city.
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Beauty shames the ugly. Strength shames the weak. Death shames the living – and the Ideal shames us all.
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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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True thinking is rare – just like true listening.
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If you cannot understand why someone did something, look at the consequences – and infer the motivation.
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It’s a luxury to pursue what makes you happy; it’s a moral obligation to pursue what you find meaningful.
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