Richard Bach Quotes

A moment later Jonathan’s body wavered in the air, shimmering, and began to go transparent. “Don’t let them spread silly rumors about me, or make me a god. O.K., Fletch? I’m a seagull. I like to fly, maybe…

You gave your life to become the person you are right now Was it worth it?

And like no other sculpture in the history of art, the dead engine and dead airframe come to life at the touch of a human hand, and join their life with the pilot's own.

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

„...Има моменти, когато ни се струва, че и един-единствен дракон, че дори и един храбър рицар не е останал на света. Никоя принцеса не броди сред тайнствените гори, за да омагьоса сърни и пеперуди със своята усмивка. Има такива мигове, когато ни се струва, че сме захвърлени отвъд пределите на приказното и никакви вълшебства и приключения не могат вече да се случат с нас. Светлите призрачни видения са потънали далеч в миналото и изчезнали завинаги. И какво щастие е за човека да разбере, че това съвсем не е така. Принцесите, рицарите, вълшебствата и драконите, тайнствата и приключенията… Те всички не само съществуват тук й сега, но те са всичко, което някога е съществувало на земята.

В нашия век, разбира се, одеждите им са различни. Драконите днес са облечени в официални костюми, скрити зад маската на високи постове и служби. Само да посмеем да вдигнем погледа си, който все е забит в земята, или да свием надясно вместо наляво, както ни се заповядва, и веднага демоните на обществото ще завият и зафучат насреща ни. Толкова лукави са станали външните форми на нещата, че принцесите и рицарите понякога могат да останат скрити едни за други, дори скрити от самите себе си...

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

The classes changed, with years, from wide soaring poems in flight to hushed talk about Jonathan before and after practice; to long involved recitations on the sand about the Divine One, with no flying ever done by anybody. Fletcher and the other students of Jonathan were at turns puzzled and correctful and firm and furious at the change, but they were helpless to stop it. They were honored, and worse — revered, but they were no longer heard, and the birds who practiced flying were fewer and fewer.

Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.

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

An easy life doesn't teach us anything. In the end it's the learning that matters: what we've learned and how we've grown

Everything is exactly as it is for a reason.
The crumb on your table is
no mystical reminder of this morning's cookie,
it is there because you have chosen not to remove it.
No exceptions.

There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go.

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

Character comes from following our highest sense of right, from trusting ideas without being sure they’ll work.

You teach best what you most need to learn