We are increasingly falling prey to the desperation of meaninglessness.
JORDAN PETERSONAssume that the person you are listening to might know something you don’t.
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People who know what to expect from one another can act together to tame the world.
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Every bit of learning is a little death. Every bit of new information challenges a previous conception, forcing it to dissolve into chaos before it can be reborn as something better. Sometimes such deaths virtually destroy us.
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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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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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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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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.
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Don’t underestimate the power of vision and direction. These are irresistible forces, able to transform what might appear to be unconquerable obstacles into traversable pathways and expanding opportunities.
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When you have something to say, silence is a lie.
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That which you most need to find will be found where you least wish to look.
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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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It is far better to render beings in your car competent than to protect them.
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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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What you aim at determines what you see.
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Treat yourself like you would someone you’re responsible for helping.
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People organize their brains with conversation. If they don’t have anyone to tell their story to, they lose their minds. Like hoarders, they cannot unclutter themselves.
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