Jacob

“If you can't understand why someone is doing something, look at the consequences of their actions, whatever they might be, and then infer the motivations from their consequences.

For example if someone is making everyone around them miserable and you'd like to know why, their motive may simply be to make everyone around them miserable including themselves.”
― Jordan B. Peterson

“Independence is for the very few; it is a privilege of the strong. And whoever attempts it even with the best right but without inner constraint proves that he is probably not only strong, but also daring to the point of recklessness.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Basic Writings of Nietzsche

“A man oughta do what he thinks is best.”
― John Wayne

“Beware of anyone who calls you bad names merely for asking honest questions.”
― Jim Goad