@Liquidempire,
You might not be able to block all messages, but you should be able to at least block messages from people who are not your friends (go to your privacy settings). I would also suggest going to your notifications settings as I suspect that's more of an issue. What do you care if the messages just pile up in your inbox if you never hear about them?
Me, personally, I have something like 99% of all notifications turned off and I think the only notification I get is if someone has sent a message in one of the pages I manage.