Much of happiness is hope, no matter how deep the underworld in which that hope was conceived.
JORDAN PETERSONOrder 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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That which you most need to find will be found where you least wish to look.
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If a child has not been taught to behave properly by the age of four, it will forever be difficult for him or her to make friends.
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It’s a luxury to pursue what makes you happy; it’s a moral obligation to pursue what you find meaningful.
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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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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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Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today.
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It is far better to render beings in your care competent than to protect them.
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Question for parents: do you want to make your children safe, or strong?
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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 better, proverbially, to rule your own spirit than to rule a city.
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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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If you betray yourself, if you say untrue things, if you act out a lie, you weaken your character.
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Alongside our wish to be free of rules, we all search for structure.
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Perhaps you are overvaluing what you don’t have and undervaluing what you do.
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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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