Richard Bach

If our friendship depends on things like space and time, we have destroyed our own brotherhood.

Not being known doesn't stop the truth from being true.

Get this in mind early: We never grow up.

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood but of respect and joy in each others life.

Every person, all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you.

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.

The opposite of loneliness is not togetherness, it's intimacy.

Listen to what you know instead of what you fear.

I relax my body completely, relax my mind completely, and then imagine myself at a level where anything can happen.

A tiny change today brings a dramatically different tomorrow.

The worst lies are the lies we tell ourselves. We live in denial of what we do, even what we think. We do this because we're afraid. We fear we will not find love, and when we find it we fear we'll lose it. We fear that if we do not have love we will be unhappy.

The highest art form of all is a human being in control of himself and his airplane in flight, urging the spirit of a machine to match his own.

Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years.

I want to be very close to someone I respect and admire and have somebody who feels the same way about me.

The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly.

All we see of someone at any moment is a snapshot of their life, there in riches or poverty, in joy or despair. Snapshots don't show the million decisions that led to that moment.

The gull sees farthest who flies highest.

Bad things are not the worst things that can happen to us. Nothing is the worst thing that can happen to us

A cloud does not know why it moves in just such a direction and at such a speed. It feels an impulsion this is the place to go now. But the sky knows the reasons and the patterns behind all clouds and you will know too when you lift yourself high enough to see beyond horizons.

That's what learning is, after all; not whether we lose the game, but how we lose and how we've changed because of it and what we take away from it that we never had before, to apply to other games. Losing, in a curious way, is winning.

Our soulmate is the one who makes life come to life.

There are grand rewards for those who pick the high hard roads, but those rewards are hidden by years.

Live never to be ashamed if anything you say or do is published around the world, even if what is said is not true.

In order to win, you must expect to win.

You don't want a million answers as much as you want a few forever questions. The questions are diamonds you hold in the light. Study a lifetime and you see different colors from the same jewel.

Flying prevails whenever a man and his airplane are put to a test of maximum performance.

Every person, all the events of your life are drawn there because you have them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you.

An idea is never given to you without you being given the power to make it reality. You must, nevertheless, suffer for it.

Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself.

Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed "there's so little competition.

Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over remembering them for the rest of our lives.

What the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly.

Civilization... wrecks the planet from seafloor to stratosphere.

Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.

If it's never our fault, we can't take responsibility for it. If we can't take responsibility for it, we'll always be its victim.

What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.

True love stories never have endings.

Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, they're yours.

My airplane is quiet, and for a moment still an alien, still a stranger to the ground, I am home.

If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they're yours; if they don't they never were.

Our soulmate is someone who shares our deepest longings, our sense of direction. When we're two balloons, and together our direction is up, chances are we've found the right person.

In the United States Christmas has become the rape of an idea.

The more I want to get something done the less I call it work.

Look in a mirror and one thing's sure; what we see is not who we are.

The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.

Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.

The worst lies are the lies we tell ourselves.

Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger.

Nothing happens by chance my friend... No such thing as luck.

We [Americans] are game-playing, fun-loving creatures; we are the otters of the universe.

If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem.

The simplest things are often the truest.

Real love stories never have endings.

Argue for your limitations and, sure enough, they're yours.

Can miles truly separate you from friends. If you want to be with someone you love arent you already there

Here is a test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: If you're alive, it isn't.

To fly as fast as thought you must begin by knowing that you have already arrived.

Dont be dismayed at goodbyes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again after moments or lifetime is certain for those who are friends.

Numbers are limits, and perfection doesn't have limits.

An easy life doesnt teach us anything. In the end its the learning that matters what weve learned and how weve grown

Argue for your limitations and they're yours.

Nothing happens by chance my friend... No such thing as luck. A meaning behind every little thing and such a meaning behind this. Part for you part for me may not see it all real clear right now but we will before long.

Ask yourself the secret of your success. Listen to your answer, and practice it.

Can miles truly separate you from friends? If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there?

Youre always free to change your mind and choose a different future or different past.

Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them for the rest of our lives.

One of the great cosmic laws, I think, is that whatever we hold in our thought will come true in our experience. When we hold something, anything, in our thought, then somehow coincidence leads us in the direction that we've been wishing to lead ourselves.

Can miles truly separate you from friends... If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there?

You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.

Allow the world to live as it chooses, and allow yourself to live as you choose.

I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it?

The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder.

Dont be dismayed by good byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again after moments or lifetimes is certain for those who are friends.

Don't be dismayed at goodbyes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetime, is certain for those who are friends.

Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else is not only impossible, but the mark of a fake messiah.

Rarely do members of the same family grow up under the same roof.

You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however.

A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit.

Bad things are not the worst things that can happen to us. Nothing is the worst thing that can happen to us!

The first prerequisite of an advanced being is a sense of humor.

Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.

You are never given a wish without being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.

Happiness is the reward we get for living to the highest right we know.

A farewell is necessary before we can meet again, and meeting again after moments or a lifetime is certain for those who are friends.

Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished If youre alive it isnt.

Boredom between two people doesnt come from being together physically. It comes from being apart mentally and spiritually.

Within each of us lies the power of our consent to health and sickness, to riches and poverty, to freedom and to slavery. It is we who control these, and not another.

Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness.

There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts.

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.

A name is a label, and as soon as there is a label, the ideas disappear and out comes label-worship and label-bashing, and instead of living by a theme of ideas, people begin dying for labels and the last thing the world needs is another religion.

To fly as fast as thought, you must begin by knowing that you have already arrived.

The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What are you doing? Think about these once in a while and watch your answers change.

Learning is finding out what you already know.

Strong beliefs win strong men and then make them stronger.

A soulmate is someone who has locks that fit our keys, and keys to fit our locks.

A Name Is A Label, And As Soon As There Is A Label, The Ideas Disappear And Out Comes Label-Worship And Label-Bashing, And Instead Of Living By A Theme Of Ideas, People Begin Dying For Labels... And The Last Thing The World Needs Is Another Religion.

Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't.

Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before we can meet again and meeting again, after moments or a lifetime, is certain for those who are friends.

The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.