You should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.
JORDAN PETERSONMuch of happiness is hope, no matter how deep the underworld in which that hope was conceived.
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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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Much of happiness is hope, no matter how deep the underworld in which that hope was conceived.
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Beauty shames the ugly. Strength shames the weak. Death shames the living – and the Ideal shames us all.
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If you betray yourself, if you say untrue things, if you act out a lie, you weaken your character.
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True thinking is rare – just like true listening.
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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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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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People who know what to expect from one another can act together to tame the world.
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Untruth corrupts the soul and the state alike, and one form of corruption feeds the other.
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I’m not hurt. I’m appalled.
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Nietzsche said that a man’s worth was determined by how much truth he could tolerate.
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Question for parents: do you want to make your children safe, or strong?
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You can only find out what you actually believe (rather than what you think you believe) by watching how you act.
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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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Aristotle defined virtues simply as the ways of behaving that are most conducive to happiness in life.
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