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.
JORDAN PETERSONIt’s appropriate and praiseworthy to associate with people whose lives would be improved if they saw your life improve.
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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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Thus, you should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.
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What you aim at determines what you see.
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what can be truly loved about a person is inseparable from their limitations.
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That’s poetic in its malevolence.
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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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Stop saying those things that make you weak and ashamed. Say only those things that make you strong. Do only those things that you could speak of with honor.
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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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People who know what to expect from one another can act together to tame the world.
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Treat yourself like you would someone you’re responsible for helping.
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Much of happiness is hope.
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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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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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Begin by treating yourself as if you were someone you were responsible for helping.
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There’s some real utility in gratitude. It’s also good protection against the dangers of victimhood and resentment.
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Consciousness is a mystery that faces the mystery of potential and transforms it into actuality. We do that with every choice we make. Our choices determine the destiny of the world. By making a choice, you alter the structure of reality.
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True thinking is rare – just like true listening.
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There are some games you don’t get to play unless you are all in.
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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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Aristotle defined virtues simply as the ways of behaving that are most conducive to happiness in life.
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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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And if you think tough men are dangerous, wait until you see what weak men are capable of.
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Pet a cat when you encounter one on the street.
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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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Beauty shames the ugly. Strength shames the weak. Death shames the living – and the Ideal shames us all.
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Old age and treachery can always overcome youth and skill.
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