You don’t get to choose not to pay a price, you only get to choose which price you pay.
JORDAN PETERSONWhen 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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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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There’s some real utility in gratitude. It’s also good protection against the dangers of victimhood and resentment.
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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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Old age and treachery can always overcome youth and skill.
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Much of happiness is hope, no matter how deep the underworld in which that hope was conceived.
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That’s poetic in its malevolence.
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When you have something to say, silence is a lie.
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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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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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A hurricane is an act of God. But failure to prepare, when the necessity for preparation is well known – that’s sin.
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There are so many ways that things can fall apart, or fail to work altogether, and it is always wounded people who are holding it together.
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See the truth. Tell the truth.
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So, listen, to yourself and to those with whom you are speaking. Your wisdom then consists not of the knowledge you already have, but the continual search for knowledge, which is the highest form of wisdom.
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Life is indistinguishable from effortful maintenance.
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