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.
JORDAN PETERSONWe may not exactly be God, but we’re not exactly nothing, either.
More Jordan Peterson Quotes
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Begin by treating yourself as if you were someone you were responsible for helping.
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Who cares if you are the prime minister of Canada when someone else is the president of the United States?
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There are so many ways that things can fall apart, or fail to work altogether, and it is always wounded people who are holding it together.
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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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Always place your becoming above your current being.
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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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We may not exactly be God, but we’re not exactly nothing, either.
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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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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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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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You’re not perfect just the way you are. You could be better!
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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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That the soul of the individual eternally hungers for the heroism of genuine being.
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In order to be able to think, you have to risk being offensive.
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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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