17 Enlightening Bob Marley Quotes

17 Enlightening Bob Marley Quotes

Last Updated on April 30, 2025 by The Unbounded Thinker

Bob Marley was a legendary reggae musician known not only for his music but also for his powerful, thought-provoking lyrics. His songs carried messages of unity, freedom, and spiritual awareness, which continue to inspire people around the world. This article presents 17 of Bob Marley’s most enlightening quotes.

  1. ‘The way you’ve been taught about the Bible is not the way of the Bible.’
  2. ‘The greatest thing is the life we are dealing with, but the preachers tell you that you have to die to go to heaven.’
  3. ‘The Bible tells you that you have to live in heaven. Therefore, you don’t have to die and go to heaven.’
  4. ‘My life is only important if I can help many people.’
  5. ‘I don’t come to bow; I come to conquer.’
  6. ‘In everything you are going to do, there is a wrong way and a right way. And if you listen good, you will know the right way.’
  7. ‘Every law is illegal; every government upon the face of the earth today is illegal.’
  8. ‘People drink a lot of alcohol, and they get drunk. When you get drunk, you don’t meditate. You’re just drunk, and you feel miserable. But when you smoke, it makes you cool, and stimulates your mind.’
  9. ‘What people do with their lives, I don’t know, but I know what I do with my own life.’
  10. ‘School doesn’t teach people about their true history and where mankind came from.’
  11. ‘They tell you that people come from monkey. How come the monkey doesn’t change any more.’
  12. ‘It’s a very tricky world. You got to be yourself.’
  13. ‘Truth is everyone is going to hurt you; you just gotta find the ones suffering for.’
  14. ‘My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die.’
  15. ‘‘Some people feel the rain, others just get wet.’
  16. ‘The day you stop racing is the day you win the race.’
  17. ‘Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds.’

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