If you cannot understand why someone did something, look at the consequences – and infer the motivation.
JORDAN PETERSONLife is indistinguishable from effortful maintenance.
More Jordan Peterson Quotes
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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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Perhaps you are overvaluing what you don’t have and undervaluing what you do.
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Old age and treachery can always overcome youth and skill.
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If you betray yourself, if you say untrue things, if you act out a lie, you weaken your character.
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Consult your resentment. It’s a revelatory emotion, for all its pathology.
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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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It is far better to render beings in your car competent than to protect them.
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Much of happiness is hope.
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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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It is not virtuous to be victimized by a bully, even if that bully is oneself.
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Untruth corrupts the soul and the state alike, and one form of corruption feeds the other.
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I don’t think that you have any insight whatsoever into your capacity for good until you have some well-developed insight into your capacity for evil.
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You’re not perfect just the way you are. You could be better!
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Pet a cat when you encounter one on the street.
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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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