Assume that the person you are listening to might know something you don’t.
JORDAN PETERSONSo, 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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It’s a luxury to pursue what makes you happy; it’s a moral obligation to pursue what you find meaningful.
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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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Beauty shames the ugly. Strength shames the weak. Death shames the living – and the Ideal shames us all.
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Women select men. That makes them nature, because nature is what selects.
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Aristotle defined virtues simply as the ways of behaving that are most conducive to happiness in life.
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It is not virtuous to be victimized by a bully, even if that bully is oneself.
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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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We cannot navigate, without something to aim at and, while we are in this world, we must always navigate.
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Old age and treachery can always overcome youth and skill.
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Don’t ever underestimate the destructive power of sins of omission.
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If you cannot understand why someone did something, look at the consequences – and infer the motivation.
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You don’t get to choose not to pay a price, you only get to choose which price you pay.
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The successful among us delay gratification. The successful among us bargain with the future.
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Always place your becoming above your current being.
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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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