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Jamaican music star Bob Marley is probably best-remembered for his songs of revolution and struggle, but he also wrote many songs about love, both good and bad. Here are some of the best quotes about love (and family and other relationships, too), hand-selected from Marley's enormous body of lyrics:

"I'll push the wood, then I blaze ya fire, then I'll satisfy your heart's desire" - Stir it Up (Purchase MP3)

"Make love and not war, 'cause we don't need no trouble. What we need is love, to guide and protect us on. If you hope good down from above, help the weak if you are strong now." - No More Trouble (Purchase MP3)

"Good friends we have, good friends we have lost along the way. In this great future, you can't forget your past, so dry your tears, I say." - No Woman, No Cry (Purchase MP3)

"Why not help each other on the way? Make it much easier." - Positive Vibration (Purchase MP3)

"Say you just can't live that negative way, if you know what I mean. Make way for the positive day." - Positive Vibration

"You're gonna walk back through the heartaches, you're gonna walk back through the pain. Shed those lonely teardrops: the reaction of your cheating game." - Cry to Me (Purchase MP3)

"Open your eyes and look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?" - Exodus (Purchase MP3)

"I don't wanna wait in vain for your love." - Waiting in Vain (Purchase MP3)

"From the very first time I rest my eyes on you, girl, my heart says follow through." - Waiting in Vain

"In life I know there's lots of grief, but your love is my relief." - Waiting in Vain

"Oh, let my love come tumbling in - into our life again." - Turn Your Lights Down Low (Purchase MP3)

"Don't worry about a thing, 'cause every little thing is gonna be all right." - Three Little Birds (Purchase MP3)

"One love, one heart, let's get together and feel all right!" - One Love / People Get Ready (Purchase MP3)

"I wanna love you and treat you right. I wanna love you every day and every night." - Is This love (Purchase MP3)

"Every little action, there's a reaction. Oh, can't you see what you've done for me? I am happy inside all of the time." - Satisfy My Soul (Purchase MP3)

"Still we know now: we'll never see smoke without fire, and everyone you see has a heart's desire." - She's Gone (Purchase MP3)

"The road of life is rocky and you may stumble, too, so while you point your fingers someone else is judging you." - Could You Be Loved (Purchase MP3)

"Through the eyes of the fool the deaf is wise, and through the eyes of the wise the fool is size." - Mix Up, Mix Up (Purchase MP3)

"Stiff-necked fools, you think you are cool to deny me for simplicity." - Stiff Necked Fools (Purchase MP3)