“Life is suffering Love is the desire to see unnecessary suffering ameliorated Truth is the handmaiden of love Dialogue is the pathway… — Jordan B. Peterson Copy Share Image
“We must each adopt as much responsibility as possible for individual life, society and the world. We must each tell the truth… — Jordan B. Peterson Copy Share Image
“Loss of group-centred belief renders life chaotic, miserable, intolerable; presence of group-centred belief makes conflict with other groups inevitable. In the West,… — Jordan B. Peterson Copy Share Image
“Aristotle defined the virtues simply as the ways of behaving that are most conducive to happiness in life.” — Jordan B. Peterson Copy Share Image
“Territory matters, and there is little difference between territorial rights and social status. It is often a matter of life and death.” — Jordan B. Peterson Copy Share Image
“To stand up straight with your shoulders back is to accept the terrible responsibility of life, with eyes wide open. It means… — Jordan B. Peterson Copy Share Image
“Life without law remains chaotic, effectively intolerable. Life that is pure law becomes sterile, equally unbearable. The domination of chaos or sterility… — Jordan B. Peterson Copy Share Image
“There are many systems of interaction between brain, body and social world that can get caught in positive feedback loops. Depressed people, for example, can start feeling useless and burdensome, as well as grief-stricken and pained. This makes them withdraw from contact with friends and family. Then the withdrawal makes them more lonesome and isolated, and more likely to feel… — Jordan B. Peterson Copy Share
“We deserve some respect. You deserve some respect. You are important to other people, as much as to yourself. You have some vital role to play in the unfolding destiny of the world. You are, therefore, morally obliged to take care of yourself. You should take care of, help and be good to yourself the same way you would take… — Jordan B. Peterson Copy Share
“people get unbelievably upset when you poke them in the axioms” — Jordan B. Peterson Copy Share Image
“Life is suffering Love is the desire to see unnecessary suffering ameliorated Truth is the handmaiden of love Dialogue is the pathway to truth… — Jordan B. Peterson Copy Share Image
“We must each adopt as much responsibility as possible for individual life, society and the world. We must each tell the truth and repair… — Jordan B. Peterson Copy Share Image
“People are better at filling and properly administering prescription medication to their pets than to themselves. That’s not good. Even from your pet’s perspective,… — Jordan B. Peterson Copy Share Image
“loving your neighbour as yourself.” The first lesson was that neither of these statements has anything to do with being nice. The second was… — Jordan B. Peterson Copy Share Image
“that morality is relative, at best a personal “value judgment.” Relative means that there is no absolute right or wrong in anything;” — Jordan B. Peterson Copy Share Image
“There are some games you don't get to play unless you are all in.” — Jordan B. Peterson Copy Share Image
“You're going to pay a price for every bloody thing you do and everything you don't do. You don't get to choose to not… — Jordan B. Peterson Copy Share Image
“Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, the great documenter of the slave-labour-camp horrors of the latter, once wrote that the “pitiful ideology” holding that “human beings are created… — Jordan B. Peterson Copy Share Image
