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 are increasingly falling prey to the desperation of meaninglessness.
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When the aristocracy catches a cold, as it is said, the working class dies of pneumonia.
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Treat yourself like you would someone you’re responsible for helping.
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It is not virtuous to be victimized by a bully, even if that bully is oneself.
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That’s poetic in its malevolence.
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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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It is far better to render beings in your car competent than to protect them.
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We may not exactly be God, but we’re not exactly nothing, either.
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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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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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You’re going to pay a price for every bloody thing you do and everything you don’t do. You don’t get to choose to not pay a price. You get to choose which poison you’re going to take. That’s it.
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Consult your resentment. It’s a revelatory emotion, for all its pathology.
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It’s a luxury to pursue what makes you happy; it’s a moral obligation to pursue what you find meaningful.
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Perhaps you are overvaluing what you don’t have and undervaluing what you do.
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When you have something to say, silence is a lie.
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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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