Quotes from Robert Nesta Marley AKA BOB MARLEY

"Facts an' facts, an' t'ings an t'ings: dem's all a lotta f----n' bullshit. Hear me! Dere is no truth but de one"

"I don't stand for the black man's side, I don' t stand for the white man's side. I stand for God's side."

"open your eyes & look within, are you satisfied with the life you´reliving."

"in this great future you can`t forget your past."

"If you get down and quarell everyday, you're saying prayers to the devil, I say."

"Just can't live that negative way...make way for the positive day!"

"Life and Jah are one in the same. Jah is the gift of existence. I am in some way eternal, I will never be duplicated. The singularity of every man and woman is Jah's gift. What we struggle to make of it, is our sole gift to Jah. The process of what that struggle becomes, in time, the Truth."

"Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality . Wake Up and Live!"

"People want to listen to a message, word from Jah. This could be passed through me or anybody. I am not a leader. Messenger. The words of the songs, not the person, is what attracts people."

"Until the philosophy which hold one race superior and another inferior is finally discredited and abandoned...WAR! So that is prophecy, and everyone know that is truth. And it came out of the mouth of Rastafari."

"The first thing you must know about me is that I always stand what I stand for. Good? The second thing you must know about yourself listening to me is that words are tricky. So when you know what me a stand for, when me explain a thing to you, you must never try to look 'pon it in a different way from what me a stand for."

"Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our mind..."

"The good times of today, are the sad thoughts of tommorrow."

"Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold..."

"When the race gets hard to run. It means you just can't take the pace."

"Rise O fallen fighters, rise and take your stance again, He who fight and run away, Live to fight another day"

"Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny."

"the harder the battle the sweet of jah victory."

"in the abundance of water, the fool is thirsty."

"The power of philosophy floats through my head, Light like a feather, Heavy as Led"

"Me only have one ambition, y'know. I only have one thing I really like to see happen. I like to see mankind live together - black, white, Chinese, everyone - that's all."

"Facts an' facts, an' t'ings an t'ings: dem's all a lotta f----n' bullshit. Hear me! Dere is no truth but de one truth, an' that is the truth of Jah Rastafari."

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