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“To stand up straight with your shoulders back is to accept the terrible responsibility of life, with eyes wide open. It means deciding to voluntarily transform the chaos of potential into the realities of habitable order. It means adopting the burden of self-conscious vulnerability, and accepting the end of the unconscious paradise of childhood, where finitude and mortality are only dimly comprehended. It means willingly undertaking the sacrifices necessary to generate a productive and meaningful reality (it means acting to please God, in the ancient language).”
― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

“When you have something to say, silence is a lie.”
― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

“And if you think tough men are dangerous, wait until you see what weak men are capable of.”
― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

“Intolerance of others’ views (no matter how ignorant or incoherent they may be) is not simply wrong; in a world where there is no right or wrong, it is worse: it is a sign you are embarrassingly unsophisticated or, possibly, dangerous.”
― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

“So, attend carefully to your posture. Quit drooping and hunching around. Speak your mind. Put your desires forward, as if you had a right to them—at least the same right as others. Walk tall and gaze forthrightly ahead. Dare to be dangerous. Encourage the serotonin to flow plentifully through the neural pathways desperate for its calming influence.”
― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

“RULE 4 COMPARE YOURSELF TO WHO YOU WERE YESTERDAY, NOT TO WHO SOMEONE ELSE IS TODAY”
― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

“Nietzsche said that a man’s worth was determined by how much truth he could tolerate”
― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

“Stop saying those things that make you weak and ashamed. Say only those things that make you strong. Do only those things that you could speak of with honour.”
― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

“I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

“Elen síla lúmenn' omentielvo”
― J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“¿Qué hace un cronopio cuando se enamora? Pierde la cabeza, eso y se dedica a cortar margaritas. Cuando a un cronopio le rompen el corazón, llora un poco, y luego un poco más. Se sabe “desdichado y húmedo”. Pero mientras llora, piensa en que a todos alguna vez les rompen el corazón. En que enamorarse significa también llorar un poco. Y que a diferencia de los famas, el cronopio llora cuando tiene ganas, y como tiene ganas, llora un poco más.”
― Julio Cortázar

“Los cronopios, en cambio, esos seres desordenados y tibios, dejan los recuerdos sueltos por la casa, entre alegres gritos, y ellos andan por el medio y cuando pasa corriendo uno, lo acarician con suavidad y le dicen: 'No vayas a lastimarte', y también: 'Cuidado con los escalones'.”
― Julio Cortázar, Historias de cronopios y de famas

“Cuando los cronopios cantan sus canciones preferidas, se entusiasman de tal manera que con frecuencia se dejan atropellar por camiones y ciclistas, se caen por la ventana, y pierden lo que llevaban en los bolsillos y hasta la cuenta de los días.”
― Julio Cortázar, Historias de cronopios y de famas