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 greatest adventure is to discover yourself.
You're going to pay a price for being who you are. But you're going to pay a greater price for trying to be someone you're not.
The truth is a terrible weapon. And it's a terrible weapon because it's the only weapon that works.
Don't underestimate the power of vision and direction. These are irresistible forces, able to transform what might seem to be insurmountable obstacles into traversable pathways and expanding opportunities.
It is better to be a good person than to be a bad person. It is better to be a good person than to be a good person who is also a liar.
The most fundamental problem is that people don't want to grow up.
The idea that men and women are interchangeable is a very dangerous idea.
The radical left is motivated by resentment and a desire for revenge.
Postmodernism is a dangerous ideology that undermines truth and objective reality.
Compelled speech is the first step towards totalitarianism.
The idea that all cultures are equally valid is a dangerous delusion.
The West is under attack from within.
You have a moral obligation to speak the truth, especially when it's difficult.
The greatest evil is not to act when you know you should.
Suffering is inherent in existence. The question is what you do with it.
The world is not a safe place. It's a place where you have to be competent.
Don't let your children do anything that makes you dislike them.
Do not allow yourself to be pushed around by bullies, whether they are individuals or ideologies.
The idea that you can just be whatever you want to be is a lie.
The universities have become corrupted by postmodern, neo-Marxist ideologies.
Contemporaries of Jordan Peterson
Other Psychologys born within 50 years of Jordan Peterson (1962).