Richard Bach Quotes On Illusions, Family, Success, Life

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 the butterfly.

Don’t believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is the limitation. Look with your understanding. Find out what you already know and you will see the way to fly.

Avoid problems, and you'll never be the one who overcame them.

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

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

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

A tiny change today brings a dramatically different tomorrow.

Every choice is made in the uncaring blind, no guarantees from the world around us.

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

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

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

When we put up with any situation we don’t have to put up with, it’s not because we’re dumb. We put up with it because we want the lesson only that situation can teach, and we want it more than freedom myself.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

One way to pick a future is to believe it’s inevitable.

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

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