But we can aim too high. Or too low. Or too chaotically. So we fail and live in disappointment, even when we appear to others to be living well.
JORDAN PETERSONThat which you most need to find will be found where you least wish to look.
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That which you most need to find will be found where you least wish to look.
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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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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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Treat yourself like you would someone you’re responsible for helping.
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That the soul of the individual eternally hungers for the heroism of genuine being.
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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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There’s some real utility in gratitude. It’s also good protection against the dangers of victimhood and resentment.
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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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We believe that in reducing the scope and importance of our errors, we are properly humble; in truth, we are merely unwilling to bear the weight of our true responsibility.
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When you have something to say, silence is a lie.
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Question for parents: do you want to make your children safe, or strong?
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Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today.
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The secret to your existence is right in front of you. It manifests itself as all those things you know you should do but are avoiding.
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Untruth corrupts the soul and the state alike, and one form of corruption feeds the other.
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That’s poetic in its malevolence.
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Women select men. That makes them nature, because nature is what selects.
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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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Worthlessness is the default condition.
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It is better, proverbially, to rule your own spirit than to rule a city.
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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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Dreams shed light on the dim places where reason itself has yet to voyage.
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If you cannot understand why someone did something, look at the consequences – and infer the motivation.
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You remember the past not so that it is “accurately recorded,” to say it again, but so that you are prepared for the future.
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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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Truth reduces the terrible complexity of a man to the simplicity of his word.
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What you aim at determines what you see.
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