451 Quotes by Jordan B. Peterson

The secret to your existence is right in front of you. It manifests itself as all those things you know you should do, but are avoiding.

We require routine and tradition. That’s order. Order can become excessive, and that’s not good, but chaos can swamp us, so we drown – and that is also not good. We need to stay on the straight and narrow path.

Failure is the price we pay for standards and, because mediocrity has consequences both real and harsh, standards are necessary.

We must bear a load, to justify our miserable existence.

When the aristocracy catches a cold, as it is said, the working class dies of pneumonia.

Life without law remains chaotic, effectively intolerable. Life that is pure law becomes sterile, equally unbearable. The domination of chaos or sterility equally breeds murderous resentment and hatred.

A hurricane is an act of God. But failure to prepare, when the necessity for preparation is well known – that’s sin.

There is little more natural than culture. Dominance hierarchies are older than trees. The part of our brain that keeps track of our position in the dominance hierarchy is therefore exceptionally ancient and fundamental.

Ask, and ye shall receive. Knock, and the door will open. If you ask, as if you want, and knock, as if you want to enter, you may be offered the chance to improve your life, a little; a lot; completely – and with that improvement, some progress will be made in Being itself.