Question for parents: do you want to make your children safe, or strong?
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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Beauty shames the ugly. Strength shames the weak. Death shames the living – and the Ideal shames us all.
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That the soul of the individual eternally hungers for the heroism of genuine being.
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You’re not perfect just the way you are. You could be better!
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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 took untold generations to get you where you are. A little gratitude might be in order. If you’re going to insist on bending the world to your way, you better have your reasons.
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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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The things that pose the greatest threats to your survival are the most real things.
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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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Experience is the best teacher, and the worst experiences teach the best lessons.
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If society is corrupt, but not the individuals within it, then where did the corruption originate? How is it propagated? It’s a one-sided, deeply ideological theory.
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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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When the aristocracy catches a cold, as it is said, the working class dies of pneumonia.
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The purpose of life, as far as I can tell, is to find a mode of being that’s so meaningful that the fact that life is suffering is no longer relevant.
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It is better, proverbially, to rule your own spirit than to rule a city.
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Thus, you should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.
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