Anyone who was out to change the world by changing others was to be regarded with suspicion. The temptations of such a position were too great to be resisted.
JORDAN PETERSONIt’s the chattering buzz of ideologically possessed demons.
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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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Treat yourself like you would someone you’re responsible for helping.
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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.
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When you have something to say, silence is a lie.
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People who know what to expect from one another can act together to tame the world.
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When the aristocracy catches a cold, as it is said, the working class dies of pneumonia.
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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 purpose of life, as far as I can tell, is to find a mode of being that’s so meaningful that the fact that life is suffering is no longer relevant.
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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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Women select men. That makes them nature, because nature is what selects.
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Question for parents: do you want to make your children safe, or strong?
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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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And if you think tough men are dangerous, wait until you see what weak men are capable of.
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Stop saying those things that make you weak and ashamed. Say only those things that make you strong. Do only those things that you could speak of with honor.
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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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