Richard Bach citations

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“Le paradis, c'est simplement d'être soi-même parfait.”

“Pour pouvoir voler vous devez croire à l’invisible.”

“Rien n'est miraculeux. Si l'on apprend ce que sait le magicien, il n'y a plus de magie.”

“N’apprenons rien et le prochain monde sera identique, avec les mêmes poids morts à soulever, les mêmes interdits à combattre…”

“[…] tout nombre nous limite et la perfection n’a pas de bornes.”

“La seule loi digne de ce nom est celle qui montre le chemin de la liberté, […]. Il n’en est point d’autre.”

“Un écrivain professionnel est un amateur qui n'a pas renoncé.”

“Fear not, nor be dismayed at the appearance that is darkness, at the disguise that is evil, at the empty cloak that is death, for you have picked these for your challenges. They are stones on which you choose to whet the keen edge of your spirit.”

“Why? What is so wonderful about mass murder that nobody in the history of the world has ever fond any smarter solution to problems than killing everybody who doesn’t agree? Is that the limit of human intelligence?”

“What a delighted fascination it is, to stand aside and watch our dearest friend perform on stage without us.”

“Happiness is a choice. It is not always an easy one.”

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

“I’m fine. Indestructible.”

“As long as we believe in sequential time, we see becoming, instead of being. Beyond time, we're all one.”

“The only true law is that which leads to freedom," Jonathan said. "There is no other.”

“Everything in this book may be wrong.”

“We're all the sons of God, or children of the Is, or ideas of the Mind, or however else you want to say it.”

“He wanted so much to ask, and he dared so little to know.”

“Such promises are only for the gulls that accept the ordinary. One who has touched excellence in his learning has no need of that kind of promise.”

“Evolution made civilization steward of this planet. A hundred thousand years later, the steward stood before evolution not helper but destroyer, not healer but parasite. So evolution withdrew its gift, passed civilization by, rescued the planet from intelligence and handed it to Love.”

“26. And [the Messiah] said unto them, "If a man told God that he wanted most of all to help the suffering world, no matter the price to himself, and God answered and told him what he must do, should the man do as he is told?"27. "Of course, Master!" cried the many. "It should be pleasure for him to suffer the tortures of hell itself, should God ask it!"28. "No matter what those tortures, no matter how difficult the task?"29. "Honor to be hanged, glory to be nailed to a tree and burned, if so be that God has asked," said they.30. "And what would you do," the Master said unto the multitude, "if God spoke directly to your face and said, 'I COMMAND THAT YOU BE HAPPY IN THE WORLD, AS LONG AS YOU LIVE.' What would you do then?"31. And the multitude was silent, not a voice, not a sound was heard upon the hillsides, across the valleys where they stood.”

“No one does anything uncharacteristic of who they are.”

“You will begin to touch heaven, Jonathan, in the moment that you touch perfect speed. And that isn't flying a thousand miles an hour, or a million, or flying at the speed of light. Because any number is a limit, and perfection doesn't have limits. Perfect speed, my son, is being there.”

“Fly free and happy beyond birthdays and across forever, and we'll meet now and then when we wish, in the midst of the one celebration that never can end.”

“The music broke from the piano like clear cold water from a prophet-touched rock, pouring and splashing around us while her fingers leaped and spread, curled and stiffened and melted and flickered in magic pass and streaked lightning above the keyboard. Never before had she played for me… because we were lovers now, was she free to play…?”

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

“The gulls who scorn perfection for the sake of travel go nowhere, slowly. Those who put aside travel for the sake of perfection go anywhere, instantly.”

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

“Imagine the universe beautiful and just and perfect.
Then be sure of one thing:
The Is has imagined it quite a bit better than you have.”

“I felt like a moth in a chandelier — all at once there were lots of pretty choices, but I wasn't quite sure where to fly.”

“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.”

“Learning is finding out what you already know.”

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

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

“Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.”

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