It’s a luxury to pursue what makes you happy; it’s a moral obligation to pursue what you find meaningful.
JORDAN PETERSONNietzsche said that a man’s worth was determined by how much truth he could tolerate.
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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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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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You deserve some respect. You are important to other people, as much as to yourself. You have some vital role to play in the unfolding destiny of the world.
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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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When you have something to say, silence is a lie.
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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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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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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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Pet a cat when you encounter one on the street.
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We believe that in reducing the scope and importance of our errors, we are properly humble; in truth, we are merely unwilling to bear the weight of our true responsibility.
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The things that pose the greatest threats to your survival are the most real things.
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But we can aim too high. Or too low. Or too chaotically. So we fail and live in disappointment, even when we appear to others to be living well.
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Don’t underestimate the power of vision and direction. These are irresistible forces, able to transform what might appear to be unconquerable obstacles into traversable pathways and expanding opportunities.
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Alongside our wish to be free of rules, we all search for structure.
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Treat yourself like you would someone you’re responsible for helping.
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Territory matters, and there is little difference between territorial rights and social status. It is often a matter of life and death.
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Experience is the best teacher, and the worst experiences teach the best lessons.
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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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When the aristocracy catches a cold, as it is said, the working class dies of pneumonia.
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We may not exactly be God, but we’re not exactly nothing, either.
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What you aim at determines what you see.
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When existence reveals itself as existentially intolerable, thinking collapses in on itself. In such situations – in the depths—it’s noticing, not thinking, that does the trick.
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You should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.
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To act is literally to manifest preference about one set of possibilities, contrasted with an infinite set of alternatives. If we wish to live, we must act. Acting, we value.
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The successful among us delay gratification. The successful among us bargain with the future.
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