If you cannot understand why someone did something, look at the consequences – and infer the motivation.
JORDAN PETERSONTo suffer terribly and to know yourself as the cause: that is Hell.
More Jordan Peterson Quotes
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Who cares if you are the prime minister of Canada when someone else is the president of the United States?
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You should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.
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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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Worthlessness is the default condition.
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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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And if you think tough men are dangerous, wait until you see what weak men are capable of.
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Ideologies are substitutes for true knowledge, and ideologues are always dangerous when they come to power, because a simple-minded I-know-it-all approach is no match for the complexity of existence.
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Always place your becoming above your current being.
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You’re not perfect just the way you are. You could be better!
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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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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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It’s the chattering buzz of ideologically possessed demons.
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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.
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Old age and treachery can always overcome youth and skill.
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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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