Jordan Peterson

"The dragon is the imagistic representation of the functional category of predator. Its like this: If youre a monkey, then a bird will pick you off, like an eagle. Thats the wings. If it wasnt an eagle, then it was a cat (dragon claws), because they climb trees and give you a good chomping. And if it wasnt a cat, then you go down to the ground and a snake would get you, or maybe the snake would climb up the tree. So a dragon is a cat-snake-bird. And thats the thing that you really want to avoid. And the other thing is that it breathes fire, which is interesting because fire was both greatest friend and greatest enemy of humanity."

"Freud was, after all, a genius. You can tell that because people still hate him."

"Much that is great starts small, ignorant, and useless. […] But today’s beginner is tomorrow’s master."

"Those who break the rules ethically are those who have mastered them first and disciplined themselves to understand the necessity of those rules, and break them in keeping with the spirit rather than the letter of the law."

"That is the nature of our ancestors: immensely courageous hunters, defenders, shepherds, voyagers, inventors, warriors, and founders of cities and states. That is the father you could rescue; the ancestor you could become."

"If you aim at nothing, you become plagued by everything."