I have always wanted an adventurous life. It took a long time to realize that I was the only one who could make an adventurous life happen to me. Richard Bach More Quotes by Richard Bach More Quotes From Richard Bach Every step in every proud life is a run from safety to the dark, and the only thing to trust is what we think is true. Richard Bach truth dark running Whatever it is that calls us, that's our path. And as we walk that path, we have a chance to shine forth who we are. It affects other people around us. Richard Bach who-we-are shining people It's like a pulsar inside me. There is this great burst of energy, forcing me to write, and then the star goes quiet for a time, and I think it's gone, but it's gathering energy for another burst. And I seem to be almost unwilling participants in this. Richard Bach stars writing thinking We love action and adventure, but we use it to go out and start wars and kill people. Richard Bach adventure war people We [people] have a teacher! The teacher is ourselves! We already know everything we need to know - our challenge is to discover that we know it. Turning to gurus, I think, we become guru-dependent, no different from drug-dependent, alcohol-dependent - needing an outside force to control our lives. Richard Bach teacher people thinking We all know those who draw their boundaries carefully and say, "I'm only human. Nobody's perfect. I accept my limitations." And we know others who take an opposite view and say, "I can do anything I choose to do. It is in my power to change the world." And those are the ones who most often change the world. Richard Bach views perfect opposites 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. Richard Bach lessons dumb want The ideas behind the words are simple ones that work in everyday life; find what we most want to do; do it, no matter what; and in the doing be guaranteed a very difficult and a very happy lifetime. Richard Bach simple life ideas It's easy to live the expected and conventional. It's when you live the unexpected that you start having fun with your life. Richard Bach creativity fun ideas I do not enjoy writing at all. If I can turn my back on an idea, out there in the dark, if I can avoid opening the door to it, I won't even reach for a pencil. Richard Bach dark writing doors Instead of our drab slogging forth and back to the fishing boats, there's reason to live! We can lift ourselves out of ignorance, we can find ourselves as creatures of excellence and intelligence and skill. We can learn to be free! we can learn to fly! Richard Bach skills ignorance fishing Nothing happens by chance, my friend... No such thing as luck. Richard Bach destiny chance luck Pain and adversity are powerful vehicles to promote personal growth. Nothing helps you learn, grow, and evolve more quickly. Nothing offers you as big an opportunity to reclaim more of your authentic power as a person. Richard Bach adversity pain powerful Two thousand years ago, five thousand, they didn't have a word for imagination, and faith was the best they could come up with for a pretty solemn bunch of followers. Richard Bach imagination two years We design our lives through the power of our choices. We feel most helpless when we've made choices by default, when we haven't designed our lives on our own. Richard Bach lynching design choices No one does anything uncharacteristic of who they are. Richard Bach doe It doesn’t take time to change once you understand the problem...Somebody hands you a rattlesnake, it doesn’t take long to drop it, does it? Richard Bach doe long hands When you dream, all the scenery, characters, events, perils, and outcomes are built from your own consciousness, the darks and oppressions as well as the delights. Same with the world awake, though it takes you longer to build it. Richard Bach events dream character There is something to astrology for those who believe in astrology, as there is something to medicine for those who believe in medicine. Every system works when we give our heart to it. Richard Bach medicine heart believe You are life, inventing form. No more can you die on sword or years than you can die on doorways through which you walk, one room into another. Every room gives its word for you to speak, every passage its song for you to sing. Richard Bach song giving years
