That the soul of the individual eternally hungers for the heroism of genuine being.
JORDAN PETERSONTo suffer terribly and to know yourself as the cause: that is Hell.
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That which you most need to find will be found where you least wish to look.
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Old age and treachery can always overcome youth and skill.
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Worthlessness is the default condition.
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We require routine and tradition. That’s order. Order can become excessive, and that’s not good, but chaos can swamp us, so we drown – and that is also not good. We need to stay on the straight and narrow path.
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People who know what to expect from one another can act together to tame the world.
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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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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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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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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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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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Pet a cat when you encounter one on the street.
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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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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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Experience is the best teacher, and the worst experiences teach the best lessons.
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Anyone who was out to change the world by changing others was to be regarded with suspicion. The temptations of such a position were too great to be resisted.
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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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Perhaps you are overvaluing what you don’t have and undervaluing what you do.
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When the aristocracy catches a cold, as it is said, the working class dies of pneumonia.
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See the truth. Tell the truth.
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You’re not perfect just the way you are. You could be better!
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Assume that the person you are listening to might know something you don’t.
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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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Dreams shed light on the dim places where reason itself has yet to voyage.
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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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There’s a worthy and noble ambition: strength in the face of adversity. That is very different from the wish for a life free of trouble.
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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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