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.
JORDAN PETERSONWe require routine and tradition. That’s order. Order can become excessive, and that’s not good, but chaos can swamp us, so we drown – and that is also not good. We need to stay on the straight and narrow path.
More Jordan Peterson Quotes
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We may not exactly be God, but we’re not exactly nothing, either.
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People who know what to expect from one another can act together to tame the world.
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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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There are some games you don’t get to play unless you are all in.
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If you cannot understand why someone did something, look at the consequences – and infer the motivation.
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That the soul of the individual eternally hungers for the heroism of genuine being.
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Who cares if you are the prime minister of Canada when someone else is the president of the United States?
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It’s the chattering buzz of ideologically possessed demons.
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Treat yourself like you would someone you’re responsible for helping.
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So, 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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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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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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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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But we can aim too high. Or too low. Or too chaotically. So we fail and live in disappointment, even when we appear to others to be living well.
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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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