Dr. Jordan B. Peterson

You're going to sacrifice with no purpose?

You're going to suffer with no purpose?

Present or absent, we wrestle with God.

And that's human destiny.

All aimed at answering the same question.

On what principle is the world founded?

And on what principle should the world be founded?

If you gaze upon all the things that terrify you simultaneously, then you become who you could be.

And that would be the spirit that could withstand death and hell and yet prevail.

So I was sitting backstage trying to figure out how I would open this 50 city tour, new tour.

And a phrase came into my mind and that was, present or absent, we wrestle with God.

And that reminded me of an interview I did a while back with a very urbane and sophisticated English actor, Stephen Fry.

And

I did a debate with Stephen.

He was on my side at a forum called the Monk Center in Toronto.

I debated, we debated a New York Times journalist, and you can imagine what that was like, and a compatriot of hers.

And Mr. Fry was a delight.

He's educated the way that only educated Englishmen are educated with their

with the accent that makes them sound intelligent, even if they're reading a telephone book.

And he was witty and charming and brilliant and everything you'd hope a man might be.