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.
JORDAN PETERSONIt is not virtuous to be victimized by a bully, even if that bully is oneself.
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You don’t get to choose not to pay a price, you only get to choose which price you pay.
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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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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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Treat yourself like you would someone you’re responsible for helping.
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Territory matters, and there is little difference between territorial rights and social status. It is often a matter of life and death.
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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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If you cannot understand why someone did something, look at the consequences – and infer the motivation.
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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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You can only find out what you actually believe (rather than what you think you believe) by watching how you act. You simply don’t know what you believe, before that. You are too complex to understand yourself.
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Sometimes it seems the only people willing to give advice in a realistic society are those with the least to offer.
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Dreams shed light on the dim places where reason itself has yet to voyage.
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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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Aristotle defined virtues simply as the ways of behaving that are most conducive to happiness in life.
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Alongside our wish to be free of rules, we all search for structure.
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Experience is the best teacher, and the worst experiences teach the best lessons.
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