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)
Be precise in your speech. Sloppy language leads to sloppy thinking.
The world is waiting for you to step up and take your place.
Don't let your past define your future.
The pursuit of truth is a lifelong journey.
You have a unique contribution to make to the world. Don't withhold it.
The greatest act of love is to help someone become the best version of themselves.
Embrace the chaos, for it is where growth resides.
The world is not fair, but you can still strive to make it better.
Don't be afraid to be an individual. Conformity is a trap.
The most important conversations are the ones you have with yourself.
The future is uncertain, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't strive to shape it.
You're not going to get away with anything. Ever. So you might as well get your act together.
There's no difference between truth and reality.
The highest good is to articulate the truth.
If you don't say what you think, then you kill your own spirit.
You have a moral obligation to be articulate.
The best way to deal with chaos is to confront it voluntarily.
The world is not a safe place, it's a dangerous place. And you have to be dangerous to deal with it.
If you want to change the world, start with yourself.
The purpose of education is to teach you how to think, not what to think.
Contemporaries of Jordan Peterson
Other Psychologys born within 50 years of Jordan Peterson (1962).