Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today.
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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See the truth. Tell the truth.
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That the soul of the individual eternally hungers for the heroism of genuine being.
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We 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.
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The things that pose the greatest threats to your survival are the most real things.
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You’re not perfect just the way you are. You could be better!
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People who know what to expect from one another can act together to tame the world.
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There are some games you don’t get to play unless you are all in.
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The better ambitions have to do with the development of character and ability, rather than status and power. The status you can lose. You carry character with you wherever you go, and it allows you to prevail against adversity.
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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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To act is literally to manifest preference about one set of possibilities, contrasted with an infinite set of alternatives. If we wish to live, we must act. Acting, we value.
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If a child has not been taught to behave properly by the age of four, it will forever be difficult for him or her to make friends.
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It is far better to render beings in your care competent than to protect them.
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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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Worthlessness is the default condition.
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If you fulfill your obligations every day you don’t need to worry about the future.
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