Consciousness is a mystery that faces the mystery of potential and transforms it into actuality. We do that with every choice we make. Our choices determine the destiny of the world. By making a choice, you alter the structure of reality.
JORDAN PETERSONOld age and treachery can always overcome youth and skill.
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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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We are increasingly falling prey to the desperation of meaninglessness.
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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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If you are not willing to be a fool, you can’t become a master.
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You’re going to pay a price for every bloody thing you do and everything you don’t do. You don’t get to choose to not pay a price. You get to choose which poison you’re going to take. That’s it.
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You can only find out what you actually believe (rather than what you think you believe) by watching how you act.
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Pet a cat when you encounter one on the street.
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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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Worthlessness is the default condition.
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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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It is far better to render beings in your care competent than to protect them.
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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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The things that pose the greatest threats to your survival are the most real things.
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Question for parents: do you want to make your children safe, or strong?
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