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.
JORDAN PETERSONThere’s some real utility in gratitude. It’s also good protection against the dangers of victimhood and resentment.
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Anyone who was out to change the world by changing others was to be regarded with suspicion. The temptations of such a position were too great to be resisted.
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Assume that the person you are listening to might know something you don’t.
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Sometimes it seems the only people willing to give advice in a realistic society are those with the least to offer.
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One of the problems with being relatively wealthy if you are a parent is that you cannot provide your children with necessity.
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Women select men. That makes them nature, because nature is what selects.
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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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Question for parents: do you want to make your children safe, or strong?
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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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If you cannot understand why someone did something, look at the consequences – and infer the motivation.
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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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If you don’t say what you think then you kill your unborn self.
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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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It is my firm belief that the best way to fix the world – a handyman’s dream, if ever there was one – is to fix yourself.
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True thinking is rare – just like true listening.
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Don’t ever underestimate the destructive power of sins of omission.
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