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.
JORDAN PETERSONStop 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.
More Jordan Peterson Quotes
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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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You can only find out what you actually believe (rather than what you think you believe) by watching how you act.
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Old age and treachery can always overcome youth and skill.
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It is better, proverbially, to rule your own spirit than to rule a city.
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Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today.
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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.
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I don’t think that you have any insight whatsoever into your capacity for good until you have some well-developed insight into your capacity for evil.
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True thinking is rare – just like true listening.
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Sometimes it seems the only people willing to give advice in a realistic society are those with the least to offer.
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We cannot navigate, without something to aim at and, while we are in this world, we must always navigate.
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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 should not overlook the guidelines of your culture. Life is short, and you don’t have time to figure everything out on your own. The wisdom of the past was hard-earned, and your dead ancestors may have something useful to tell you.
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Dare, instead, to be dangerous. Dare to be truthful. Dare to articulate yourself, and express (or at least become aware of) what would really justify your life.
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Pet a cat when you encounter one on the street.
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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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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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Experience is the best teacher, and the worst experiences teach the best lessons.
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If you cannot understand why someone did something, look at the consequences – and infer the motivation.
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I’m not hurt. I’m appalled.
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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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Always place your becoming above your current being.
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If society is corrupt, but not the individuals within it, then where did the corruption originate? How is it propagated? It’s a one-sided, deeply ideological theory.
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Life is indistinguishable from effortful maintenance.
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It is far better to render beings in your care competent than to protect them.
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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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what can be truly loved about a person is inseparable from their limitations.
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