That which you most need to find will be found where you least wish to look.
JORDAN PETERSONThat the soul of the individual eternally hungers for the heroism of genuine being.
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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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Question for parents: do you want to make your children safe, or strong?
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Order is not enough. You can’t just be stable, and secure, and unchanging, because there are still vital and important new things to be learned.
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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.
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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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If a child has not been taught to behave properly by the age of four, it will forever be difficult for him or her to make friends.
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Pet a cat when you encounter one on the street.
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You cannot be protected from the things that frighten you and hurt you, but if you identify with the part of your being that is responsible for transformation, then you are always the equal, or more than the equal of the things that frighten you.
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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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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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True thinking is rare – just like true listening.
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I’m not hurt. I’m appalled.
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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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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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In Paradise, everyone speaks the truth. That is what makes it Paradise. Tell the truth. Or, at least, don’t lie.
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