(all quoted by Dr. Jordan B Peterson)
1.
“Who do you want to be when there is a crisis? Do you want to be the person that everyone can turn to for strength? Why the hell not? Why not that as a goal? That would be a good goal? Because then when there is crisis, it won’t be such a bloody crisis because there is someone there who can deal with it.”
2.
“Making happiness the key pursuit in life is just hopeless. Its just not a pursuit that is going to fulfill itself. Life is already complex enough to make us anxious, painful, disappointed, and hurt; that’s not a pessimistic viewpoint, it’s the truth.”
3.
“Pick up your goddamn cross and walk up the hill! You have got a heavy load of suffering to bear and a fair bit of it is going to be unjust.
So, what are you gonna do about it?
Accept it voluntarily and try to transform as a consequence.”
4.
“It is not safe to speak and it never will be. The thing you gotta keep in mind is its less safe NOT to speak.
Start talking. Sharpen yourself up.
The enemy is a cloud, they are a cloud of gnats. They are only courageous in groups. They are only courageous in mobs.
If you stand your ground and don’t apologize and articulate things properly, they’ll disperse around you like they’re not even there.”
5.
“Stop trying to use your speech to get what you want. You don’t necessarily know what you want. Instead, try to articulate what you believe to be true as carefully as possible.
Then, accept the outcome.”
6.
“If you betray yourself, if you say untrue things, if you act out a lie, you weaken your character. If you have a weak character, then adversity will mow you down when it appears, as it will, inevitably. You will hide, but there will be no place left to hide. And then you will find yourself doing terrible things.”
7.
“What’s the difference between the successful and the unsuccessful?
The successful sacrifice. The successful delay gratification. The successful bargain with the future.”
8.
“A woman should look after her children --- although that is not all she should do. A man should look after a woman and children --- although that is not all he should do. But a woman should not look after a man, because she must look after children, and a man should not be a child. This means that he must not be dependent.”
9.
“It took untold generations to get you where you are. A little gratitude might be in order. If you are going to insist on bending the world to your way, you better have your reasons.”
10.
“Life is suffering.
Love is the desire to see unnecessary suffering ameliorated.
Truth is the handmaiden of love.
Dialogue is the pathway to truth.
Humility is the recognition of personal insufficiency and the willingness to learn.
To learn is to die voluntarily and be born again, in great ways and small.
So speech must be untrammeled, so that dialogue can take place.
So that we can all humbly learn.
So that truth can be served.
So that suffering can be ameliorated.”
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