My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose. ― Ayn Rand

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You're going to pay a price for every bloody thing you do and everything you don't do. You don't get to choose to not pay a price. You get to choose which poison you're going to take. That's it. ― Jordan B. Peterson

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I don't tell people, 'You're okay the way that you are.' That's not the right story. The right story is, 'You're way less than you could be.' - Jordan Peterson

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Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them. ― Dalai Lama XIV

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The secret of success is focus of purpose.

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Don't compare yourself with other people; compare yourself with who you were yesterday. - Jordan Peterson

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For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you. ― Neil deGrasse Tyson

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When we accept any discipline for ourselves, we try to avoid everything except that which is necessary for our purpose; it is this purposefulness, which belongs to the adult mind, that we force upon school children. We say, “Never keep your mind alert.

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The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn, feel, change, grow or love. Chained by his certitude, he is a slave; he has forfeited his freedom. Only the person who risks is truly free.

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Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.

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