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 PETERSONYou 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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See the truth. Tell the truth.
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Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today.
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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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Don’t ever underestimate the destructive power of sins of omission.
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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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There’s some real utility in gratitude. It’s also good protection against the dangers of victimhood and resentment.
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In Paradise, everyone speaks the truth. That is what makes it Paradise. Tell the truth. Or, at least, don’t lie.
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It is far better to render beings in your care competent than to protect them.
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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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It is far better to render beings in your car competent than to protect them.
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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.
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That the soul of the individual eternally hungers for the heroism of genuine being.
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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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Untruth corrupts the soul and the state alike, and one form of corruption feeds the other.
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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. You simply don’t know what you believe, before that. You are too complex to understand yourself.
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