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.
JORDAN PETERSONThat the soul of the individual eternally hungers for the heroism of genuine being.
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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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We cannot navigate, without something to aim at and, while we are in this world, we must always navigate.
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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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Experience is the best teacher, and the worst experiences teach the best lessons.
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Thus, you should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.
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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 should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.
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what can be truly loved about a person is inseparable from their limitations.
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In order to be able to think, you have to risk being offensive.
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It is better, proverbially, to rule your own spirit than to rule a city.
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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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There are some games you don’t get to play unless you are all in.
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You’re not perfect just the way you are. You could be better!
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Perhaps you are overvaluing what you don’t have and undervaluing what you do.
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That which you most need to find will be found where you least wish to look.
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The purpose of life, as far as I can tell, is to find a mode of being that’s so meaningful that the fact that life is suffering is no longer relevant.
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A hurricane is an act of God. But failure to prepare, when the necessity for preparation is well known – that’s sin.
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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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Pet a cat when you encounter one on the street.
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If you fulfill your obligations every day you don’t need to worry about the future.
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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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There are so many ways that things can fall apart, or fail to work altogether, and it is always wounded people who are holding it together.
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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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The things that pose the greatest threats to your survival are the most real things.
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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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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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