I My Favorite Quotes

"A harmless man is not a good man. A good man is a very dangerous man who has that under voluntary control.”
~ Jordan Peterson

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jim44444 · 70-79, M

Interesting quote that I agree with. I do not see where it encourages violence. It does encourage the backbone to make changes where needed. Change and the people who affect change are "very dangerous" to the status quo and its beneficiaries.

We should not equate a "very dagerous" man as being a good man, the equation does not work both ways.

Carissimi · F

True. A very dangerous man is not a good man, if he has no control over his dangerous side. I think of someone like Jocko Willink, a retired navy seal. This man has the ability to do some serious harm to another person (maybe more than one at a time), which makes him very dangerous, but he is highly disciplined, and doesn’t go around using his potential dangerous side in everyday encounters, and uses diplomacy (if the situation warrants it) to reconcile hostilities. However, he has the ability to defend himself, and his loved ones, if the situation calls for it. @jim44444