Jordan Peterson
Clinical psychologist and cultural commentator
Most quoted
"Order is not enough. You can't just be stable, and secure, and well-regulated. There has to be something else. Chaos is not enough. You can't just be creative, and dynamic, and exploratory, or you'll be dead, or in pieces. The proper place is the boundary between order and chaos."
— from 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
"You are not your own property. You are, in part, the property of your community, and your culture, and your ancestors, and your children. And you have a responsibility to them all. And if you shirk that responsibility, you're going to pay a price. And so are they."
— from 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, 2018
"The individual must conduct his or her life in a manner that requires the rejection of immediate gratification, of natural and perverse desires alike, and the sacrifice of hedonic pleasure itself to the greater goal of spiritual enlightenment."
— from Maps of Meaning, 1999
All quotes by Jordan Peterson (362)
The most profound truths are often the most terrifying.
The only way to overcome the darkness is to shine a light on it.
The ultimate act of courage is to speak the truth, even when it's unpopular.
The meaning of life is not to be found in happiness, but in the pursuit of something higher.
The world is a place of both good and evil, and you have to choose which side you're on.
The highest good is to be found in the confrontation of chaos.
To be conscious is to be aware of your own mortality.
The ultimate act of love is to tell the truth, even when it hurts.
You have to take responsibility for your own life, because no one else will.
The meaning of life is not to be found in pleasure, but in the pursuit of virtue.
The truth is a path, not a destination.
The ultimate freedom is to choose your own suffering.
The only way to find yourself is to lose yourself in something greater than yourself.
The world is a stage, and we are all actors.
The ultimate purpose of life is to become the best version of yourself.
The truth is a sword that cuts through lies.
The meaning of life is to be found in the service of others.
The world is a mystery, and we are all trying to solve it.
The ultimate beauty is to be found in the truth.
The only way to escape death is to live a life worth remembering.
Contemporaries of Jordan Peterson
Other Psychologys born within 50 years of Jordan Peterson (1962).