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12 Rules for Life

: An Antidote to Chaos

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER What does everyone in the modern world need to know? Renowned psychologist Jordan B. Peterson's answer to this most difficult of questions uniquely combines the hard-won truths of anc

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“To stand up straight with your shoulders back is to accept the terrible responsibility of life, with eyes wide open. It means deciding to voluntarily transform the chaos of potential into the realities of habitable order. It means adopting the burden of self-conscious vulnerability, and accepting th…”

— Jordan B. Peterson, amazon.com

Tagged: posture, Chaos, Sacrifice, Pleasing God, Superstition

“Intolerance of others’ views (no matter how ignorant or incoherent they may be) is not simply wrong; in a world where there is no right or wrong, it is worse: it is a sign you are embarrassingly unsophisticated or, possibly, dangerous.”

— Jordan B. Peterson, amazon.com

Tagged: intolerance, Ideological Intolerance, dangerous, Unsophisticated

“You can only find out what you actually believe (rather than what you think you believe) by watching how you act. You simply don’t know what you believe, before that. You are too complex to understand yourself.”

— Jordan B. Peterson, amazon.com

Tagged: Belief, Self-knowledge

“It took untold generations to get you where you are. A little gratitude might be in order. If you're going to insist on bending the world to your way, you better have your reasons.”

— Jordan B. Peterson, amazon.com

Tagged: Tradition, Gratitude

“In the West, we have been withdrawing from our tradition, religion, and even nation-centered cultures, partly to decrease the danger of group conflict. But we are increasingly falling prey to the desperation of meaninglessness, and that is no improvement at all.”

— Jordan B. Peterson, amazon.com

Tagged: West, Tradition, Religion, Desperation, Meaninglessness

“I've always thought that if people really noticed what I was teaching there would be Hell to pay.”

— Jordan B. Peterson, amazon.com

Tagged: Writers

“There is very little difference between the capacity for mayhem and destruction, integrated, and strength of character. This is one of the most difficult lessons of life.”

— Jordan B. Peterson, amazon.com

Tagged: Apollo Vs. Dionysus, Creative Destruction, Creating Chaos, Chaos, Creating Order From Disorder

“Speak your mind. Put your desires forward, as if you had a right to them— at least the same right as others. Walk tall and gaze forthrightly ahead. Dare to be dangerous.”

— Jordan B. Peterson, amazon.com

Tagged: Inspirational, Words of Wisdom, Speak Up, stand tall

“Without rules we quickly become slaves to our passions— and there’s nothing freeing about that.”

— Jordan B. Peterson, amazon.com

Tagged: Freedom Within Restraint, Rules As An Organizing Force, How To Be Free, Freedom Within Laws

“To stand up straight with your shoulders back is to accept the terrible responsibility of life, with eyes wide open. It means deciding to voluntarily transform the chaos of potential into the realities of habitable order. It means adopting the burden of self-conscious vulnerability, and accepting th…”

— Jordan B. Peterson, amazon.com

Tagged: stand tall, Theology

“The foremost rule is that you must take responsibility for your own life. Period.”

— Jordan B. Peterson, amazon.com

Tagged: Taking Responsibility, Self-Help, Life, Living