THE SUBLTE ART OF NOT GIVING A F*CK: Best Quotes and Review

THE SUBTLE ART OF NOT GIVING A F*CK

This book has been a great help to myself and along with a couple thousands of people who read it. In this blog post I’ll mention some  quotes from the book that have been with me for a while and have helped me ever since I was done reading it in March2022.  I’ll also give a short summary about what the book is about and how it may help anyone in life.  



"It is a real life-changer. In a world that asks us to avoid negative emotions and put on a cheery face, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck delivers a real wake-up call. Manson's writing style is humorous, honest, and matter-of-fact. But he is also vulnerable and knows what it feels like to hit rock bottom"-  independentaustralia.net



Review and summary. 


If you are looking for a book that will help you in clarifying life and it’s meaning it’s definitely the book to go for. It literally touches all the areas in life that people worry about and show that there is really not much for people to worry about in the first place. 

For example, mark mason mentions that for life to have a meaning there is definitely supposed to be a form of suffering in it. This makes absolute sense because for people to see and appreciate how far they have come and grown p, there are sopposed to be difficult situations that one is supposed to overcome. 


He also mentioned that the reason why people care so much about things that don’t really matter is because they, in most cases will not be having a goal that they are mainly focusing on. In turn, people get hurt by small things that weren’t supposed to hurt them at all. 


He also mentions that the more insecure a person is the more likely the person gives a f*ck about some useless things. He gives an example of a man that is insecure about his looks and blames him being single on how unattractive and short he is. This man would stop himself from socialising because of his insecurity.  He blamed his looks for him being single when in fact he didn’t actually get the chance to showcase himself and find a girlfriend. 


This book has literally showed me that 99% of the things that we stress about and give a f*ck about are just in our heads and they don’t really exist. 



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The following quotes that i derived from the book are some of the words that have been said my Mark Mason that changed my life. 


 Quotes 

  • There’s a name for a person who finds no emotion or meaning in anything: a psychopath. 
  • You can’t be an important and life-changing presence for some people without also being a joke and an embarrassment to others.
  • To not give a fuck about adversity, you must first give a fuck about something more important than adversity.
  • Whether you realize it or not, you are always choosing what to give a fuck about.
  • Maturity is what happens when one learns to only give a fuck about what’s truly fuckworthy.
  • The longer we avoid and the longer we numb, the more painful it will be when we finally do confront our issues.
  • Life itself is a form of suffering. We all must suffer nonetheless.

  • Pain and loss are inevitable and we should let go of trying to resist them. 
  • Happiness is not a solvable equation.
  • The greatest truths in life are usually the most unpleasant to hear.
  • It’s the mildly dissatisfied and insecure creature that’s going to do the most work to innovate and survive.  
  • Emotional pain of rejection or failure teaches us how to avoid making the same mistakes in the future.
  • Problems never fucking go away, he said—they just improve.  
  • Nobody who is actually happy has to stand in front of a mirror and tell himself that he’s happy.
  • Highs also generate addiction. The more you rely on them to feel better about your underlying problems, the more you will seek them out.
  • The longer we avoid and the longer we numb, the more painful it will be when we finally do confront our issues.
  • You feel crappy it’s because your brain is telling you that there’s a problem that’s unaddressed or unresolved.  
  •  Just because something feels good doesn’t mean it is good. Just because something feels bad doesn’t mean it is bad.
  • Decision-making based on emotional intuition, without the aid of reason to keep it in line, pretty much always sucks. You know who bases their entire lives on their emotions? Three-year-old kids. And dogs. You know what else three-year-olds and dogs do? Shit on the carpet.
  • The path to happiness is a path full of shitheaps and shame.
  • Our struggles determine our successes.




  • True and accurate measurement of one’s self-worth is how people feel about the negative aspects of themselves.
  • The only difference between a problem being painful or being powerful is a sense that we chose it, and that we are responsible for it.
  • Fault is past tense. Responsibility is present tense. Fault results from choices that have already been made. Responsibility results from the choices you’re currently making, every second of every day.
  • Certainty is the enemy of growth.
  • The man who believes he knows everything learns nothing. 
  • The more something threatens your identity, the more you will avoid it.
  • For any change to happen in your life, you must be wrong about something.
  • If it feels like it’s you versus the world, chances are it’s really just you versus yourself.
  • We can be truly successful only at something we’re willing to fail at. If we’re unwilling to fail, then we’re unwilling to succeed.
  • It’s growth that generates happiness, not a long list of arbitrary achievements.
  • Don’t just sit there. Do something. The answers will follow. 
  • Action isn’t just the effect of motivation; it’s also the cause of it.
  • Inspiration → Motivation → Action → Inspiration → Motivation → Action → Etc.
  • The pain in our relationship is necessary to cement our trust in each other and produce greater intimacy.
  • There is a freedom and liberation in commitment. 
  • The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
  • There is nothing to be afraid of. Ever.

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