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You should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.

Jordan Peterson

Much of happiness is hope, no matter how deep the underworld in which that hope was conceived.
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Happiness Hope Philosophy
Alongside our wish to be free of rules, we all search for structure.
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Deep Freedom Philosophy Reality Search
We 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.
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Goodness Path Philosophy Stay
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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Knowledge Philosophy Wisdom Yourself
You don’t get to choose not to pay a price, you only get to choose which price you pay.
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Choice Deep Pay Yourself
You should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.
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Be Yourself Sacrifice Worth
Don’t ever underestimate the destructive power of sins of omission.
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Destruction Power Sin
It is far better to render beings in your car competent than to protect them.
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Better Protection Yourself
Pet a cat when you encounter one on the street.
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Animal Oneself
Worthlessness is the default condition.
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Condition Worth
There’s some real utility in gratitude. It’s also good protection against the dangers of victimhood and resentment.
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Danger Goodness Gratitude Protection Reality Victim
Who cares if you are the prime minister of Canada when someone else is the president of the United States?
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Care Worth Yourself
You remember the past not so that it is “accurately recorded,” to say it again, but so that you are prepared for the future.
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Future Past Preparation Remember Yourself
Untruth corrupts the soul and the state alike, and one form of corruption feeds the other.
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Philosophy Soul
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.
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Choice Destiny Mystery Ourselves Potential Reality Transform World
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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Carry Character Development Dream Power Struggle

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