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“Do you have any idea how many lives we must have gone through before we even got the first idea that there is more to life than eating, or fighting, or power in the Flock? A thousand lives, Jon, ten thousand!”

Richard Bach book Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Source: Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Life , Idea , Fight

“What matters is how I use what I know, every minute of every day; how I use it to remember, in the midst of the game.”

Richard Bach

Source: Running from Safety: An Adventure of the Spirit

Game

“One challenge of our adventure on earth is to rise above dead systems… wars, nations, destructions… to refuse to be a part of them, and express the highest selves we know how to be.”

Richard Bach

Source: One

War , Parting , Dead

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

Richard Bach

Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
Variant: This is a test to see if your mission in this life is complete, if you are alive, it isn't.
Source: The Bridge Across Forever: A True Love Story

“Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness.
Listen to it carefully.”

Richard Bach

Source: Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

Selfishness

“nobody means to get carried away in mediocrity, but it happens, it happens unless you think about everything you do, unless you make every choice the best one you know how to make.”

Richard Bach

Source: One

Thinking

“I do not exist to impress the world. I exist to live my life in a way that will make me happy.”

Richard Bach

Source: Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

Life , World , Way , Happiness

“I’m here not because I am supposed to be here, or because I’m trapped here, but because I’d rather be with you than anywhere else in the world.”

Richard Bach

Source: The Bridge Across Forever: A True Love Story

For Him , For Boyfriend , World

“Nothing happens by chance, my friend… No such thing as luck.”

Richard Bach book Nothing by Chance

Nothing by Chance: A Gypsy Pilot's Adventures in Modern America (1969)
Context: 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, we may not see it all real clear right now, but we will, before long.

Chance

“Remember where you came from, where you're going, and why you created the mess you got yourself into in the first place.”

Richard Bach book Illusions

Source: Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)

“But the speed was power, and the speed was joy, and the speed was pure beauty.”

Richard Bach book Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1970)

Beauty , Joy , Speed

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

Richard Bach

Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
Source: Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

Happy , Problem

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

Richard Bach

Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
Source: Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

“The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof.”

Richard Bach

Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
Source: Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

Family , Life , Family , Joy

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

Richard Bach

Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
Variant: if you argue for your limitations they are yours
Source: Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

“We teach best what we most need to learn.”

Richard Bach

Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
Variant: You teach best what you most need to learn.
Source: Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

Learning

“Perspective— Use It or Lose It. If you turned to this page, you're forgetting that what is going on around you is not reality. Think about that.”

Richard Bach

Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)