Jordan Peterson on Patience Quotes

"Life is a marathon, not a sprint, and you must pace yourself accordingly."

"Cain and Abel is the archetypal story of the resentment that arises from arbitrary suffering and the refusal to take responsibility."

"It is through speech that we redeem the world."

"Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today. This allows you to climb your own internal hierarchy of competence rather than being crushed by the success of others."

"Stability—the tendency to maintain order—is composed of Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, and emotional stability (low Neuroticism)."

"You are not just a biological organism; you are a protagonist in a divine drama."

"Order is the tribe, religion, hearth, home, and country. It is the warm, secure living-room where the fireplace glows and the children play."

"Patience is the virtue that allows for the emergence of order from chaos."

"You must allow yourself the time to grow into the person you are meant to be."

"The alternative to a hierarchy of competence is not equality; it is a hierarchy of brutality."

"Wisdom is the fruit of long-term observation and reflection."

"Character is built in the quiet moments of persistence when no one is watching."

"We see the world through a narrative structure. We don't see the world as a set of objects; we see it as a set of obstacles and tools."

"It is your responsibility to make your life meaningful, and the way you do that is by taking on responsibilities."

"Aim low. If you can’t clean your whole room, clean a corner. If you can’t clean a corner, organize a drawer."

"The development of character requires the passage of time and the accumulation of experience."

"If you are irritated by someone, it is highly probable that they are acting out a part of your shadow that you repress."

"The hostile brothers archetype—Cain and Abel, Osiris and Set—represents the two fundamental ways of reacting to the burden of existence."

"The people who occupy the top positions in a functional hierarchy are not tyrants; they are the people who are most capable of performing the necessary functions of that hierarchy."

"The Great Mother is the giver of life, but she is also the cruel destruction of nature. She is the source of all things, but also the tomb."

"When you restrict speech, you restrict the mechanism of adaptation to the unknown."

"Tiamat is the dragon of chaos, the mother of all things, from whose carcass the world is made."

"Postmodernists claim that because there are an infinite number of interpretations, there is no way to determine the validity of any single interpretation. That is wrong. You determine validity by the outcome of the action predicated on the interpretation."

"To integrate the shadow is to realize that you are capable of all the terrible things that human beings have done, and to decide not to do them."

"The archetype of the victim is a very dangerous archetype. It allows you to feel morally superior while simultaneously absolving yourself of all responsibility."

"Chaos is the underground. It is the monster under the bed. It is the despair of the unknown."

"The shadow reaches all the way down to hell. If you don’t have a relationship with it, you become a puppet of your own dark impulses."

"The vision of the future provides the strength to endure the present."

"If you are a postmodernist, you don't believe in dialogue. You believe in a power struggle between groups."

"You have to endure the desert before you find the oasis."

"If you are low in Openness, you tend to defend the traditional borders of your culture. You are more conventional."

"Patience is the recognition that the world is complex and takes time to navigate."

"Postmodernism effectively removes the idea of responsibility from the individual, placing all causality on the social structure."