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> [If there's more that you can do, then do it. If there's not more that you can do, then be content with what you're doing. But if there is despair, the despair can only be that you can do more.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefan-molyneux/if-there-s-more-that-you-can-do-then-do-it-if-there-s-not-more-that/)

[Stefan Molyneux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stefan-molyneux/)

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## More by Stefan Molyneux

> [If there's more that you can do, then do it. If there's not more that you can do, then be content with what you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefan-molyneux/if-there-s-more-that-you-can-do-then-do-it-if-there-s-not-more-that/)

[Stefan Molyneux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stefan-molyneux/)

> [We have won the time lottery of the last 4 billion years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefan-molyneux/we-have-won-the-time-lottery-of-the-last-4-billion-years/)

[Stefan Molyneux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stefan-molyneux/)

> [“I don’t fundamentally understand why people give a shit about what other people put up their noses or what other people put in their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefan-molyneux/i-don-t-fundamentally-understand-why-people-give-a-shit-about-what/)

[Stefan Molyneux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stefan-molyneux/)

> [Democracy is the suggestion box for slaves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefan-molyneux/democracy-is-the-suggestion-box-for-slaves/)

[Stefan Molyneux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stefan-molyneux/)

> [“Evil is a confession of inadequacy”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefan-molyneux/evil-is-a-confession-of-inadequacy/)

[Stefan Molyneux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stefan-molyneux/)

> [“Knowledge is responsibility, which is why people resist knowledge.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefan-molyneux/knowledge-is-responsibility-which-is-why-people-resist-knowledge/)

[Stefan Molyneux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stefan-molyneux/)

> [In the same way Marxism robs workers of ambition, Feminism robs men and women of love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefan-molyneux/in-the-same-way-marxism-robs-workers-of-ambition-feminism-robs-men/)

[Stefan Molyneux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stefan-molyneux/)

> [“The tombstone over the grave of the conscience always reads: "Human Nature".”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefan-molyneux/the-tombstone-over-the-grave-of-the-conscience-always-reads-human/)

[Stefan Molyneux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stefan-molyneux/)

> [Freedom for the government is enslavement for the people. When the government is free the people are enslaved. When the government is contained then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefan-molyneux/freedom-for-the-government-is-enslavement-for-the-people-when-the/)

[Stefan Molyneux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stefan-molyneux/)

> [“Most people, if philosophy touches them, they shatter, they atomize, they turn to dust. It is win/lose between philosophy and delusion, and most people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefan-molyneux/most-people-if-philosophy-touches-them-they-shatter-they-atomize-they/)

[Stefan Molyneux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stefan-molyneux/)

> [“- Government - Free Shit for Idiots”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefan-molyneux/government-free-shit-for-idiots/)

[Stefan Molyneux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stefan-molyneux/)

> [“Civilization is the general agreement to refrain from resorting to violence if negotiations fail.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefan-molyneux/civilization-is-the-general-agreement-to-refrain-from-resorting-to/)

[Stefan Molyneux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stefan-molyneux/)

> [Love is an involuntary reaction to virtue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefan-molyneux/love-is-an-involuntary-reaction-to-virtue/)

[Stefan Molyneux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stefan-molyneux/)

> [“To be yourself is in many ways, is to be inconvenient to others. Only placaters and appeasers get along with other people all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefan-molyneux/to-be-yourself-is-in-many-ways-is-to-be-inconvenient-to-others-only/)

[Stefan Molyneux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stefan-molyneux/)

> [“Sanity is not about confrontation. It's about filtering. Having a stable and happy life is about saying "no" to crazy people, not about inviting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefan-molyneux/sanity-is-not-about-confrontation-it-s-about-filtering-having-a/)

[Stefan Molyneux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stefan-molyneux/)

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