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.
JORDAN PETERSONPerhaps you are overvaluing what you don’t have and undervaluing what you do.
More Jordan Peterson Quotes
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When you have something to say, silence is a lie.
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Truth reduces the terrible complexity of a man to the simplicity of his word.
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Assume that the person you are listening to might know something you don’t.
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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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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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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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Don’t ever underestimate the destructive power of sins of omission.
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True thinking is rare – just like true listening.
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One of the problems with being relatively wealthy if you are a parent is that you cannot provide your children with necessity.
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Don’t use language instrumentally.
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It is my firm belief that the best way to fix the world – a handyman’s dream, if ever there was one – is to fix yourself.
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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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What you aim at determines what you see.
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Thus, you should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.
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In order to be able to think, you have to risk being offensive.
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