Jordan B. Peterson

born 1962

Jordan B. Peterson is a Canadian clinical psychologist, cultural critic, and professor of psychology at the University of Toronto. He gained widespread recognition for his conservative views on cultural and political issues, particularly regarding free speech and political correctness, as well as for his bestselling self-help book, "12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos." Peterson is known for his influence in the fields of psychology and philosophy, as well as his vocal commentary on social and cultural topics.

Don’t underestimate the hole your absence would leave.

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Your life becomes meaningful in precise proportion to the depths of the responsibility you are willing to shoulder.

12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, Rule 7, 2018

If people aren't listing to you, stop talking to them.

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People in the modern world don't see god because they don't look low enough.

Jordan Peterson: The reason modern people can't see God is that they won't look low enough

Do you know how I stopped getting protesters to my event at universities? I held them in the morning.

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That's another hallmark of truth, is that it snaps things together. People write to me all the time and say it's as if things were coming together in my mind. It's like the Platonic idea that all learning was remembering. You have a nature, and when you feel that nature articulated, it's it's like the act of snapping the puzzle pieces together.

Jordan Peterson, That's another hallmark of truth, is that it snaps things together. People write to me all the time and say it's as if things were coming together in my mind. It's like the Platonic idea that all learning was remembering. You have a nature, and when you feel that nature articulated, it's it's like the act of snapping the puzzle pieces together

When you have something to say, silence is a lie.

12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, p. 347, 2018

The successful among us delay gratification. The successful among us bargain with the future.

12 Rules for Life, p. 237, 2018

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.

12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, Rule 7, 2018

If you really want to piss people off, you can do two things: Attain some happiness or tell the truth.