It is my firm belief that the best way to fix the world – a handyman’s dream, if ever there was one – is to fix yourself.
JORDAN PETERSONYou must determine where you are going in your life, because you cannot get there unless you move in that direction.
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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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That the soul of the individual eternally hungers for the heroism of genuine being.
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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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Much of happiness is hope, no matter how deep the underworld in which that hope was conceived.
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To suffer terribly and to know yourself as the cause: that is Hell.
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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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That which you most need to find will be found where you least wish to look.
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Treat yourself like you would someone you’re responsible for helping.
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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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It is far better to render beings in your care competent than to protect them.
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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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It is not virtuous to be victimized by a bully, even if that bully is oneself.
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True thinking is rare – just like true listening.
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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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You don’t get to choose not to pay a price, you only get to choose which price you pay.
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