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.
JORDAN PETERSONWho cares if you are the prime minister of Canada when someone else is the president of the United States?
More Jordan Peterson Quotes
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Assume that the person you are listening to might know something you don’t.
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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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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 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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You’re not perfect just the way you are. You could be better!
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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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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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Don’t ever underestimate the destructive power of sins of omission.
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Don’t underestimate the power of vision and direction. These are irresistible forces, able to transform what might appear to be unconquerable obstacles into traversable pathways and expanding opportunities.
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Pet a cat when you encounter one on the street.
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Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today.
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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 far better to render beings in your car competent than to protect them.
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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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You can only find out what you actually believe (rather than what you think you believe) by watching how you act.
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