Jordan Peterson Quotes
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“Don't compare yourself with other people; compare yourself with who you were yesterday.”
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“There's a personality trait known as agreeableness. Agreeable people are compassionate and polite. And agreeable people get paid less than disagreeable people for the same job. Women are more agreeable than men.”
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“The truth is something that burns. It burns off dead wood. And people don't like having the dead wood burnt off, often because they're 95 percent dead wood.”
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“It's in responsibility that most people find the meaning that sustains them through life. It's not in happiness. It's not in impulsive pleasure.”
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“It is more difficult to rule yourself than to rule a city.”
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“As pessimistic as I am about the nature of human beings and our capacity for atrocity and malevolence and betrayal and laziness and inertia, and all those things, I think we can transcend all that and set things straight.”
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“Music has an intrinsic meaning, which has always been mysterious to me.”
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“The idea that women were oppressed throughout history is an appalling theory.”
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“To master a new technology, you have to play with it.”
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“Adopt responsibility for your own well-being, try to put your family together, try to serve your community, try to seek for eternal truth… That's the sort of thing that can ground you in your life, enough so that you can withstand the difficulty of life.”