That the soul of the individual eternally hungers for the heroism of genuine being.
JORDAN PETERSONWe believe that in reducing the scope and importance of our errors, we are properly humble; in truth, we are merely unwilling to bear the weight of our true responsibility.
More Jordan Peterson Quotes
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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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Beauty shames the ugly. Strength shames the weak. Death shames the living – and the Ideal shames us all.
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If you fulfill your obligations every day you don’t need to worry about the future.
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That’s poetic in its malevolence.
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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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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.
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In order to be able to think, you have to risk being offensive.
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To suffer terribly and to know yourself as the cause: that is Hell.
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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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When you have something to say, silence is a lie.
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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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Dreams shed light on the dim places where reason itself has yet to voyage.
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Life is indistinguishable from effortful maintenance.
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It’s appropriate and praiseworthy to associate with people whose lives would be improved if they saw your life improve.
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Order is not enough. You can’t just be stable, and secure, and unchanging, because there are still vital and important new things to be learned.
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