Top 500 Marty Rubin Quotes (2026 Update)
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351. “The wise oyster stays in its shell.”

— Marty Rubin

352. “The leaves on the water, the fog under the bridge. That’s what I believe in.”

— Marty Rubin

353. “What a betrayal of life, of sense, to choose hate over love, despair over happiness.”

— Marty Rubin

354. “To sacrifice one’s unhappiness for a good cause is something I fervently believe in.”

— Marty Rubin

355. “In the race of life, of death, no runner is ahead, no runner behind.”

— Marty Rubin

356. “Death is not a choice, even for the suicide.”

— Marty Rubin

357. “Walk slowly and deliberately during the day and take big steps at night.”

— Marty Rubin

358. “Enlightenment is simply the moment you realize how amazing it is to be alive.”

— Marty Rubin

359. “One must resist the temptation to make oneself miserable.”

— Marty Rubin

360. “There is a madness that is joy and a madness that is just madness.”

— Marty Rubin

361. “Lifting my face toward the sun, I lift the weight of the world off my shoulders.”

— Marty Rubin

362. “Terrible dreams, wonderful life.”

— Marty Rubin

363. “No one is more beautiful to me than a person who’s easy to talk to.”

— Marty Rubin

364. “Intellectual despair is a subject for comedy.”

— Marty Rubin

365. “What joy compares with that of a bird that has just learned she can fly?”

— Marty Rubin

366. “Digging, one finds more rocks than gold.”

— Marty Rubin

367. “Win or lose, everyone has the right to play their cards their own way.”

— Marty Rubin

368. “To rebel is to be reborn.”

— Marty Rubin

369. “When you’re happy you don’t think about it. You just are.”

— Marty Rubin

370. “We should not judge people or try to figure out what makes them tick. We should leave them the hell alone.”

— Marty Rubin

371. “The predictions of false prophets always come true.”

— Marty Rubin

372. “Fear of boredom is the most scathing self-criticism.”

— Marty Rubin

373. “Be unprepared, that’s my motto. Let life surprise you.”

— Marty Rubin

374. “A pessimist is someone who has forgotten the joy of beginning.”

— Marty Rubin

375. “We need places to scream and run wild as well as places to be quiet.”

— Marty Rubin

376. “When you have no expectations, they’re easy to fulfill.”

— Marty Rubin

377. “When night falls, does it make a sound?”

— Marty Rubin

378. “I’d trade a million glib talkers for one person who’s relaxing and easy to get along with.”

— Marty Rubin

379. “Nothing is more seductive than nothing.”

— Marty Rubin

380. “Hiding only gives you away.”

— Marty Rubin

381. “The brightest stars don’t necessarily give the most light.”

— Marty Rubin

382. “Language is a ladder that always falls short of reality.”

— Marty Rubin

383. “Use ideas, don’t let them use you.”

— Marty Rubin

384. “A new religion with only one commandment: Thou shalt not tell others how to live.”

— Marty Rubin

385. “All talk is small talk.”

— Marty Rubin

386. “A touch communicates what can’t be said.”

— Marty Rubin

387. “Self-censorship is the most insidious form of censorship.”

— Marty Rubin

388. “We save up all our dreams for tomorrow but tomorrow never comes.”

— Marty Rubin

389. “Let nothing human be considered divine.”

— Marty Rubin

390. “Writing changes nothing, accomplishes nothing. I do it because I like it.”

— Marty Rubin

391. “A basket of ripe fruit is holier than any prayer book.”

— Marty Rubin

392. “Don’t worry! Something always goes wrong.”

— Marty Rubin

393. “The only way to be free is to act. Stagnation is death.”

— Marty Rubin

394. “Human behavior cannot be explained for the simple reason that it makes no sense.”

— Marty Rubin

395. “Who does not despair when they think without acting?”

— Marty Rubin

396. “The skies give no warning when they fall.”

— Marty Rubin

397. “Lying makes a lot of people a lot of money. Lying is big business.”

— Marty Rubin

398. “In Impermanence I trust.”

— Marty Rubin

399. “One can’t find what isn’t lost and that’s why all this soul-searching is futile.”

— Marty Rubin

400. “Pretending is one of our greatest pleasures. But you have to know you’re pretending.”

— Marty Rubin