The successful among us delay gratification. The successful among us bargain with the future.
JORDAN PETERSONWe may not exactly be God, but we’re not exactly nothing, either.
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Treat yourself like you would someone you’re responsible for helping.
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Pet a cat when you encounter one on the street.
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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’s a luxury to pursue what makes you happy; it’s a moral obligation to pursue what you find meaningful.
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Life is indistinguishable from effortful maintenance.
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It is far better to render beings in your car competent than to protect them.
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Anyone who was out to change the world by changing others was to be regarded with suspicion. The temptations of such a position were too great to be resisted.
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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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You cannot be protected from the things that frighten you and hurt you, but if you identify with the part of your being that is responsible for transformation, then you are always the equal, or more than the equal of the things that frighten you.
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Dreams shed light on the dim places where reason itself has yet to voyage.
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Experience is the best teacher, and the worst experiences teach the best lessons.
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Begin by treating yourself as if you were someone you were responsible for helping.
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Perhaps you are overvaluing what you don’t have and undervaluing what you do.
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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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Untruth corrupts the soul and the state alike, and one form of corruption feeds the other.
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