Home » Quote » Jordan Peterson » „We see the infinite plain of facts, and we impose a moral interpretation upon it. And the moral interpretation is about ‘what to do about what is’. That’s associated both with security, because we just don’t need that much complexity, and aim. So we’re mobile creatures, right? We need to know where we’re going, because all we’re ever concerned about, roughly speaking, is where we’re going. That’s what we need to know. Where are we going, what are we doing, and why? And that’s not the same questions as, ‘What is the world made up of?’ And so that’s the domain of the moral, as far as I’m concerned, which is ‘What are you aiming at?’ That’s the question of the ultimate ideal, in some sense. Even if you have trivial, little, fragmentary ideals, there’s something trying to emerge out of that. It’s more coherent, and more integrated, and more applicable, and more practical.“

„We see the infinite plain of facts, and we impose a moral interpretation upon it. And the moral interpretation is about ‘what to do about what is’. That’s associated both with security, because we just don’t need that much complexity, and aim. So we’re mobile creatures, right? We need to know where we’re going, because all we’re ever concerned about, roughly speaking, is where we’re going. That’s what we need to know. Where are we going, what are we doing, and why? And that’s not the same questions as, ‘What is the world made up of?’ And so that’s the domain of the moral, as far as I’m concerned, which is ‘What are you aiming at?’ That’s the question of the ultimate ideal, in some sense. Even if you have trivial, little, fragmentary ideals, there’s something trying to emerge out of that. It’s more coherent, and more integrated, and more applicable, and more practical.“

— Jordan Peterson

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„I want to deal with one or two of these mighty precious values that we've left behind, that if we're to go forward and to make this a better world, we must rediscover. The first is this—the first principle of value that we need to rediscover is this: that all reality hinges on moral foundations. In other words, that this is a moral universe, and that there are moral laws of the universe just as abiding as the physical laws. I'm not so sure we all believe that. We never doubt that there are physical laws of the universe that we must obey. We never doubt that. And so we just don't jump out of airplanes or jump off of high buildings for the fun of it—we don't do that. Because we unconsciously know that there is a final law of gravitation, and if you disobey it you'll suffer the consequences—we know that. Even if we don't know it in its Newtonian formulation, we know it intuitively, and so we just don't jump off the highest building in Detroit for the fun of it—we don't do that. Because we know that there is a law of gravitation which is final in the universe. (Lord) If we disobey it we'll suffer the consequences. But I'm not so sure if we know that there are moral laws just as abiding as the physical law. I'm not so sure about that. I'm not so sure if we really believe that there is a law of love in this universe, and that if you disobey it you'll suffer the consequences.“

— Jr.

„These problems do not disappear just because we do not hear about them. There is so much more happening around the world than what is communicated to us about the top stories we do hear.“

— Angelina Jolie

„These problems do not disappear just because we do not hear about them. There is so much more happening around the world than what is communicated to us about the top stories we do hear. We all need to look deeper and discover for ourselves.... What is the problem? Where is it? How can we help to solve it?“

— Angelina Jolie

„… we all must admit that everything is fine and there's no need in the world to worry, and in fact we should realize what it would mean to us to UNDERSTAND that we're not REALLY worried about ANYTHING.“

— Jack Kerouac