Quotes by "Stefan Molyneux"

Irrational expectations are at the root of most human suffering.

Guilt is a feeling that you owe a debt that you're not paying.

We may not yet know the right way to go, but we should at least stop going in the wrong direction.

Baseless victimhood is usually the last stage before outright aggression.

Truth has nothing to do with the conclusion, and everything to do with the methodology.

Excuses are a promise of repetition.

The three most important words in a relationship are not, 'I love you,' but, 'Tell me more.

To be yourself is in many ways to be inconvenient to others. Only placaters and appeasers get along with other people all the time and that's not really getting along with anyone. That's just self erasure.

If you spend time with crazy and dangerous people, remember – their personalities are socially transmitted diseases; like water poured into a container, most of us eventually turn into – or remain – whoever we surround ourselves with. We can choose our tribe, but we cannot change that our tribe is our destiny.

Deep connection is the antidote to madness.

Excessive praise arises from the same bigotry matrix as excessive criticism.

Facts do not fall in the face of discomfort.

Those who make conversations impossible, make escalation inevitable.

I refuse to let the standards of evil people chip away at my capacity for integrity.

I don't think it is a good mental health practice to fantasize that you know the infinite thoughts of imaginary entities.

The greater the gap between self perception and reality, the more aggression is unleashed on those who point out the discrepancy.

It is the height of human happiness to have somebody to love. Our agony is that we have all the light and the paint but no canvas to put the art of our hearts on.

Theres nothing more efficient than honesty and nothing more powerful than vulnerability because, vulnerability reveals everyone in your life who will abuse power immediately and almost irrevocably. Theres nothing weaker than hiding your vulnerability because, it means a refusal to stare at those who abuse power and see them for who they are which means they still have power and control over you. Nothing is stronger than vulnerability. Nothing more clarifying. Nothing is clearer than vulnerability, and if you hide who you are you are just making a tombstone of your everyday actions because you dont exist in hiding and you're letting the past rob you. Exercise the power of vulnerability. When you are vulnerable you are signaling to your system that the past is over and done! That you're no longer a victim! That you're no longer trapped in a destructive and abusive environment! vulnerability means it's over, it's done. The war is over but, if you continue to use the same defenses that you had in the past all you're telling your whole body is that the past is not over. Be vulnerable. Be honest. Be open and show your heart. That's the best way of telling your heart that the tigers are no longer in the grass. I'm telling you, just take it for a spin. Vulnerability and openness will get you what you want in your life and hiding will only get you the feeling of being prey from here until the end of your life.

If the sound of happy children is grating on your ears, I don't think it's the children who need to be adjusted.

Successful relationships are those relationships were conflicts are successfully resolved and in fact peoples intimacy, closeness, and love are enhanced through the resolution of conflicts. I have always become closer to my wife and to my friends when we have conflicts and work through them successfully because conflicts will always arise. They are an opportunity for intimacy, self-knowledge, and a greater connection.