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 PETERSONNietzsche said that a man’s worth was determined by how much truth he could tolerate.
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Life is indistinguishable from effortful maintenance.
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It is my firm belief that the best way to fix the world – a handyman’s dream, if ever there was one – is to fix yourself.
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Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today.
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Experience is the best teacher, and the worst experiences teach the best lessons.
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If you cannot understand why someone did something, look at the consequences – and infer the motivation.
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That the soul of the individual eternally hungers for the heroism of genuine being.
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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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We may not exactly be God, but we’re not exactly nothing, either.
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Treat yourself like you would someone you’re responsible for helping.
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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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There’s some real utility in gratitude. It’s also good protection against the dangers of victimhood and resentment.
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I don’t think that you have any insight whatsoever into your capacity for good until you have some well-developed insight into your capacity for evil.
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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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That which you most need to find will be found where you least wish to look.
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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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