True thinking is rare – just like true listening.
JORDAN PETERSONPet a cat when you encounter one on the street.
More Jordan Peterson Quotes
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Ideologies are substitutes for true knowledge, and ideologues are always dangerous when they come to power, because a simple-minded I-know-it-all approach is no match for the complexity of existence.
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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 must determine where you are going in your life, because you cannot get there unless you move in that direction.
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Thus, you should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.
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People organize their brains with conversation. If they don’t have anyone to tell their story to, they lose their minds. Like hoarders, they cannot unclutter themselves.
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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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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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That’s poetic in its malevolence.
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Always place your becoming above your current being.
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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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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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It is not virtuous to be victimized by a bully, even if that bully is oneself.
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You’re not perfect just the way you are. You could be better!
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That the soul of the individual eternally hungers for the heroism of genuine being.
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Begin by treating yourself as if you were someone you were responsible for helping.
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