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 PETERSONThe successful among us delay gratification. The successful among us bargain with the future.
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It is far better to render beings in your car competent than to protect them.
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If you are not willing to be a fool, you can’t become a master.
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Dreams shed light on the dim places where reason itself has yet to voyage.
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We require routine and tradition. That’s order. Order can become excessive, and that’s not good, but chaos can swamp us, so we drown – and that is also not good. We need to stay on the straight and narrow path.
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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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When the aristocracy catches a cold, as it is said, the working class dies of pneumonia.
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Perhaps you are overvaluing what you don’t have and undervaluing what you do.
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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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There’s some real utility in gratitude. It’s also good protection against the dangers of victimhood and resentment.
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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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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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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’s the chattering buzz of ideologically possessed demons.
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Don’t use language instrumentally.
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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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