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Thus, you should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.

Jordan Peterson

Nietzsche said that a man’s worth was determined by how much truth he could tolerate.
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Man Tolerance Truth Worth
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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Avoid Existence Right Secret Yourself
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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Danger Life Truth Yourself
That the soul of the individual eternally hungers for the heroism of genuine being.
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People Soul Spiritual
You remember the past not so that it is “accurately recorded,” to say it again, but so that you are prepared for the future.
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Future Past Preparation Remember Yourself
If society is corrupt, but not the individuals within it, then where did the corruption originate? How is it propagated? It’s a one-sided, deeply ideological theory.
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Born People Reality
Begin by treating yourself as if you were someone you were responsible for helping.
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Beginning Responsible Yourself
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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Knowledge Philosophy Wisdom Yourself
It’s the chattering buzz of ideologically possessed demons.
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Hell Ideas
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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Carry Character Development Dream Power Struggle
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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Believe Important Responsibility Truth
You should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.
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Be Yourself Sacrifice Worth
But we can aim too high. Or too low. Or too chaotically. So we fail and live in disappointment, even when we appear to others to be living well.
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Dream Failure Live Philosophy
You must determine where you are going in your life, because you cannot get there unless you move in that direction.
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Direction Inspirational Life Yourself
Dreams shed light on the dim places where reason itself has yet to voyage.
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Dream Light Philosophy Reason Travel
You’re going to pay a price for every bloody thing you do and everything you don’t do. You don’t get to choose to not pay a price. You get to choose which poison you’re going to take. That’s it.
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Act Choice Pay Philosophy Poison Yourself
It is not virtuous to be victimized by a bully, even if that bully is oneself.
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Harm Mental Oneself Virtue
That’s poetic in its malevolence.
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One Liner Poetry
When the aristocracy catches a cold, as it is said, the working class dies of pneumonia.
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Death Politics Sick
You cannot be protected from the things that frighten you and hurt you, but if you identify with the part of your being that is responsible for transformation, then you are always the equal, or more than the equal of the things that frighten you.
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Equality Hurt Inspirational Protection Transformation Yourself
I don’t think that you have any insight whatsoever into your capacity for good until you have some well-developed insight into your capacity for evil.
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Development Goodness Myself Thinking
You deserve some respect. You are important to other people, as much as to yourself. You have some vital role to play in the unfolding destiny of the world.
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Deserve Destiny Important People Respect Worth Yourself
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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Act Failure God Necessary Preparation Sin
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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Lose Peace People Story
You don’t get to choose not to pay a price, you only get to choose which price you pay.
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Choice Deep Pay Yourself
It’s appropriate and praiseworthy to associate with people whose lives would be improved if they saw your life improve.
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Company Improvement Live People Yourself
Worthlessness is the default condition.
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Condition Worth

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