“We rebel against our own totalitarianism, as much as that of others. I cannot merely order myself to action, and neither can you. “I will stop procrastinating,” I say, but I don’t. “I will eat properly,” I say, but I don’t. “I will end my drunken misbehaviour,” I say, but I don’t. I cannot merely make myself over in the image constructed by my intellect (particularly if that intellect is possessed by an ideology). I have a nature, and so do you, and so do we all. We must discover that nature, and contend with it, before making peace with ourselves. What is it, that we most truly are? What is it that we could most truly become, knowing who we most truly are? We must get to the very bottom of things before such questions can be truly answered.” InspirationalAdviceLife And LivingKnow Yourself12 Rules For Life Author:Jordan Peterson
“Do not cast pearls before swine. If people are not listening to you, stop talking to them.” Life Philosophy Author:Jordan Peterson
“If you can't figure out what someone is doing or why, look at the outcome and infer the motivation. If it produces mayhem, perhaps it was aiming at mayhem.” Life Philosophy Author:Jordan Peterson
“Not let people push you around because you'll get pushed right into a corner and you'll end up as a slave and because there's tyranny, slavery, or negotiation.” Life Philosophy Author:Jordan Peterson
“To act is literally to manifest preference about one set of possibilities, contrasted with an infinite set of alternatives. If we wish to live, we must act. Acting, we value.” ValueMeaningChoiceExistentialism Author:Jordan Peterson
“anything is possible but probably not that” RealityTruthKnowledgeProbabilityKgbTrue FactKgb Agent Author:Jordan Peterson
“Whether the gods are inside or outside makes very little difference to whether there are gods.” LittlesDifferences Author:Jordan Peterson
“The normal person classifies an object, and then forgets about it. The creative person, by contrast, is always open to new possibilities.” PersonsForgetCreativityCreativePossibilityObjectsNormalContrastCreative PersonNew Possibilities Author:Jordan Peterson
“Creative exploration [is] impossible, without (humble) acknowledgement of the unknown.” InspirationalCreativeImpossibleHumbleExplorationAcknowledgement Author:Jordan Peterson
