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.
JORDAN PETERSONYou can only find out what you actually believe (rather than what you think you believe) by watching how you act. You simply don’t know what you believe, before that. You are too complex to understand yourself.
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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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Thus, you should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.
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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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To suffer terribly and to know yourself as the cause: that is Hell.
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In order to be able to think, you have to risk being offensive.
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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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You don’t get to choose not to pay a price, you only get to choose which price you pay.
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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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What you aim at determines what you see.
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Nietzsche said that a man’s worth was determined by how much truth he could tolerate.
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Alongside our wish to be free of rules, we all search for structure.
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The better ambitions have to do with the development of character and ability, rather than status and power. The status you can lose. You carry character with you wherever you go, and it allows you to prevail against adversity.
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Experience is the best teacher, and the worst experiences teach the best lessons.
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See the truth. Tell the truth.
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what can be truly loved about a person is inseparable from their limitations.
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