Top 500 Marty Rubin Quotes (2026 Update)
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351. “Happiness lies in the physical life; sorrow in thought.”

— Marty Rubin

352. “All extreme opinions consume themselves.”

— Marty Rubin

353. “When love becomes a perfect fire it leaves only ashes.”

— Marty Rubin

354. “Let a kind word warm you when your thoughts turn cold.”

— Marty Rubin

355. “Days one mindlessly fritters away are the best days.”

— Marty Rubin

356. “I have my truest thoughts when I’m not thinking.”

— Marty Rubin

357. “The wise oyster stays in its shell.”

— Marty Rubin

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

— Marty Rubin

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

— Marty Rubin

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

— Marty Rubin

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

— Marty Rubin

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

— Marty Rubin

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

— Marty Rubin

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

— Marty Rubin

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

— Marty Rubin

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

— Marty Rubin

367. “Terrible dreams, wonderful life.”

— Marty Rubin

368. “The wind goes nowhere and takes us with it.”

— Marty Rubin

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

— Marty Rubin

370. “To rebel is to be reborn.”

— Marty Rubin

371. “People who are hard to please, in other words, idiots.”

— Marty Rubin

372. “When you enjoy a thought or activity, it’s irrelevant whether it’s meaningful or not.”

— Marty Rubin

373. “It is so relaxing to want nothing.”

— Marty Rubin

374. “Calling the cat stupid never made the mice wise.”

— Marty Rubin

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

— Marty Rubin

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

— Marty Rubin

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

— Marty Rubin

378. “Cynic: a dead man walking.”

— Marty Rubin

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

— Marty Rubin

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

— Marty Rubin

381. “Some creatures, like bees, seem to exist for a purpose; while others, like butterflies, seem to exist just to exist.”

— Marty Rubin

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

— Marty Rubin

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

— Marty Rubin

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

— Marty Rubin

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

— Marty Rubin

386. “Nothing is more seductive than nothing.”

— Marty Rubin

387. “Hiding only gives you away.”

— Marty Rubin

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

— Marty Rubin

389. “Art is the product of an imperfect world. In an ideal world, art would not exist.”

— Marty Rubin

390. “Ideas stand in the corner and laugh while we fight over them.”

— Marty Rubin

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

— Marty Rubin

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

— Marty Rubin

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

— Marty Rubin

394. “All talk is small talk.”

— Marty Rubin

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

— Marty Rubin

396. “Those who lack self-control always try to control others.”

— Marty Rubin

397. “Let nothing human be considered divine.”

— Marty Rubin

398. “Hell is real, but it’s not the Biblical hell. It’s the hell of those who think only of themselves.”

— Marty Rubin

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

— Marty Rubin

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

— Marty Rubin