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How to build self-confidence
Truth vs. lies
Choosing truth:
- Is to uphold a genuine character.
- Is to realise that true being is the best possible consequence in the face of life's trials, suffering, and spitefulness.
- Only leads to chaos.
- Often results in horrible consequences.
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Living by truth
Telling the truth is a good virtue, but can be difficult. Telling the truth is essential for the good of humanity.
Living by truth has transformed the lives of Dostoevsky and Peterson. Truth is a crucial way to live one's life. Your own sense of reality is at stake.
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"It [speaking the truth] is the proper way of wending your way through the terrible world without making it worse than it already is and with the possibility perhaps of making it better."
JORDAN PETERSON
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