Explore Quotes by Richard Bach

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 don't have love we will be unhappy.

Everybody is given a Dream... you may have to work for it however.

Why, Jon, why?" his mother asked. "Why is it so hard to be like the rest of the flock, Jon? Why can't you leave low flying to the pelicans, the alhatross? Why don't you eat? Son, you're bone and feathers!" "I don't mind being bone and feathers mom. I just want to know what I can do in the air and what I can't, that's all. I just want to know.

It was morning, and the new sun sparkled gold across the ripples of a gentle sea.

Like everything else, Fletcher. Practice.

Two things I do value a lot, intimacy and the capacity for joy, didn't seem to be on anyone else s list. I felt like the stranger in a strange land, and decided I'd better not marry the natives.

If you will practice being fictional for a while, you will understand that fictional characters are sometimes more real than people with bodies and heartbeats.

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.

Jonathan is that brilliant little fire that burns within us all, that lives only for those moments when we reach perfection.

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.

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

In order to win, you must expect to win.

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

Learning is finding out what you already know.

I don't want to do business with those who don't make a profit, because they can't give the best service.

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

Don't turn away from possible futures before you're certain you don't have anything to learn from them.

The simplest things are often the truest.

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

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

To bring anything into your life, imagine that it's already there.