Marty Quotes

The void can only be filled with love.

Loneliness is a failure to appreciate others.

A goal ensures progress. But one gets much further without a goal.

When I told the rainbow what its colors meant, it laughed.

When the meaning is unclear there is no meaning.

Nothing is more futile than looking for meaning in things that have none.

Free will, determinism, meaning, existence, etc. are academic problems, not problems in life.

We put ourselves through hell and that is hell.

Love hurts because we think that's what love is.

What can be achieved with suffering can be achieved without it.

Chasms are deceived by rumors of their depth.

What is heroic is not making life any harder that it has to be.

The flea that doubts doesn't jump nearly as high

Self-doubt inflicts the deepest wounds.

The suicide? What would he have done if death did not exist?

The suicide! What would he have done if death did not exist?

A brutal, relentless self-analysis lies at the heart of all despair.

We usually fail at the things most important to us, precisely because they are so important to us.

Thirst is a language even the grass understands.

The person with an itch can't understand why everyone isn't scratching.

People shouldn't question their desires. They should do what they want.

Desires are only a problem when the means to fulfill them are not available.

Delight in your sensuality, in the dance of your desires. Don't be ashamed of it.

If my hand on yours trembles it's because bodies never lie.

When people don't do what they want, they don't know what to do.

My life is my book, but I can't read it.

I like paths that lead nowhere, that leave you wondering where you are.

Everybody calls me "Marty." I never know what to call myself.

The tiniest mite has an inner life of which we can know nothing.

You can't know people, only their names.

Let the mystery carry you breathlessly along.

My advice to you is to dance while you still can.

Never be content with your work, your relationships, your life. That's the stupid advice philosophers give today.

Everyone I meet wants to give me directions, but I'm not lost.

Nothing is more ridiculous than one person telling another how to live.

One should love oneself enough not to love oneself too much.

All writers are exiles: some by circumstance, some by choice.

Speak in your own voice about the things that matter to you.

Even blind alleys lead somewhere.

Where the signposts end, the trail begins.

Take a wrong turn. Get lost in something you love.

Grace rides inside the waves.

Words of the hero: "I am my fate.

Meddling is the evil, not indifference.

There are no higher levels of consciousness, there are only different ways of perceiving things.

The world we see is beyond our understanding but not beyond our love.

If the cherry trees had to wait for understanding they'd never blossom.

When you act without feeling, that's the living death.

It's better to do things you like than to think about what you don't like.

It is better to do something you like than to think about what you don't like.