Thus, you should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.
JORDAN PETERSONThe 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.
More Jordan Peterson Quotes
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Dare, instead, to be dangerous. Dare to be truthful. Dare to articulate yourself, and express (or at least become aware of) what would really justify your life.
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what can be truly loved about a person is inseparable from their limitations.
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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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True thinking is rare – just like true listening.
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You’re not perfect just the way you are. You could be better!
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Every bit of learning is a little death. Every bit of new information challenges a previous conception, forcing it to dissolve into chaos before it can be reborn as something better. Sometimes such deaths virtually destroy us.
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Always place your becoming above your current being.
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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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And if you think tough men are dangerous, wait until you see what weak men are capable of.
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We are increasingly falling prey to the desperation of meaninglessness.
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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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There’s a worthy and noble ambition: strength in the face of adversity. That is very different from the wish for a life free of trouble.
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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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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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You should not overlook the guidelines of your culture. Life is short, and you don’t have time to figure everything out on your own. The wisdom of the past was hard-earned, and your dead ancestors may have something useful to tell you.
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