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Have you read Jordan B. Peterson's "12 Rules for Life"?

Have you read Jordan B. Peterson's "12 Rules for Life - An antidote to chaos"? 

Well, here are some quotes from the book:


"What you aim at determines what you see"

"Someone power hungry makes a new rule at your workplace. It's unnecessary. It is counterproductive. It's an irritant. It removes some of the pleasure and meaning from your work. But you tell yourself it's all right. It's not worth complaining about. Then it happens again. You've already trained trained yourself to allow such things,, by failing to react the first time. You're a little less courageous. Your opponent, unopposed, is a little bit stronger. The institution is a little bit more corrupt. The process of bureaucratic stagnation and oppression is underway, and you've contributed by, pretending it was OK. Why not complain? Why not take a stand? If you do, other people, equally afraid to speak up, may come to your defense. And if not -maybe it's time for a revolution. Maybe you should find a job somewhere else, where your soul is less dangerous from corruption"

"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 he must not be dependent"

"Wake and conscious women want an awake and conscious man"

"Perhaps you might start by noticing this: and when you love someone, it's not despite their limitations. It's because of their limitations"

"It's hard to disengage in the heat of an argument, when anger generates the desire to defeat and win. But it seemed better than risking the consequences of a dispute that threatened to spiral out of control. Alone, trying to calm down, we would each ask ourselves the same single question: What had we each done to contribute to the situation we were arguing about? However small, however distant... we had each made some error. Then we would reunite, and share the results of our questioning. Here's how I was wrong..."

"Knowledge frequently results, 

from knowing others, 

but the man who is awakened,

has seen the uncarved block.

Others might be mastered by force, 

but no master one's self

requires the Tao.

He who many material things,

may be described as rich, 

but he who knows he has enough,

and is at one with the Tao,

might have enough of material things

and have self-being as well"


2023

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