If we agree that the world is not what it seems, then we have an important question: What shall we do about it? Richard Bach More Quotes by Richard Bach More Quotes From Richard Bach The river delights to lift us free, if only we dare let go. Richard Bach paddlingletting-gorivers Perspective - Use It or Lose It. Richard Bach use-it-or-lose-itperspectiveuse There's so much to learn! And just when we think, "I've got it. I really understand what's going on," we're shown a whole new stage set on which to play. Richard Bach spiritualplaythinking No matter how qualified you are, you won't reach a better life until you imagine it. Richard Bach law-of-attractionimaginematter How much to learn if we could spend one hour, spend twenty minutes, with the us we will become! How much could we say to the us we were. Richard Bach hoursminutestwenties Part One: I do not exist to impress the world. I exist to live my life in a way that will make me happy. Part Two: Everybody else is free to do whatever they feel like doing, for a living. Part Three: Responsible is Able to Respond, able to answer for the way we choose to live. There's only one person we have to answer to, of course, and that is ourselves. Richard Bach threeanswerstwo You're master of what you've lived, Richard Bach artisansnextmasters Fear is all the fear of some loss: "I'm going to lose something." If we declare, and if we know in our hearts, "I already have everything that I need: I have life, I have creativity, I have joy, I have nourishment. I have everything I need," and if we just say, "It doesn't depend on my having a physical body to do it," then everything opens up. Richard Bach creativitylossheart My way of writing a book is completely disorganized - to hurl myself at the problem, over and over. Richard Bach writingbookway Don't fear change. It's always for the best. Richard Bach uplifting Two words: Love leads. Listen to that ring of love within. If we follow that leading of love we'll be guaranteed an adventurous, positive, joyful life. Richard Bach adventurousjoyfultwo The only thing that's real in any universe [is] that brilliant fire of Love that burns to the exclusion of everything else. As we recognize the presence of Love, we break through the wall of grief that would try to convince us that the dear soul with whom we have learned and loved so much no longer exists, or that she or he cannot speak with us. There is no wall that Love cannot vaporize. We may believe in death, Love doesn't. Richard Bach wallgriefreal A Name Is A Label, And As Soon As There Is A Label, The Ideas Disappear And Out Comes Label-Worship And Label-Bashing, And Instead Of Living By A Theme Of Ideas, People Begin Dying For Labels... And The Last Thing The World Needs Is Another Religion. Richard Bach namespeopleideas What I love doing is basically two things: I love flying airplanes and I love communication. Richard Bach airplanecommunicationtwo A writer, or a beginning writer, is faced by the huge walls of self-consciousness. Most people think, "What if I say the wrong thing? What if I don't sound erudite and sophisticated? I'll be considered a fool." In time, with a lot of practice, you realize that's your foolishness is your gift. Richard Bach wallselfthinking I'm utterly convinced of the One-ness of Love and us as its perfect reflection. I am absolutely convinced that the world around us is a world of appearances and anyone who wants to can practice it. Change your thought and your environment will change. It's not instantaneous and sometimes we have to work very hard to make what we want happen. Working hard and holding that thought, it will change. Richard Bach reflectionpracticeperfect Languages are fluffy big pillows stuffed between nations - what others say is muffled and nearly lost in them, and when we speak their grammar we get feathers in our mouth. It's worth it. What pleasure to phrase an idea, even in child's words, slowly, and sail it across the gulf in another language to a different-speaking human being! Richard Bach differentchildrenideas All of us are called by something in this world that attracts us. And it doesn't matter what it is - you can be an engine mechanic or an aviator or you can be someone who loves their flower garden or the world of commerce or sailboats. Richard Bach gardenflowerworld Thousands of volumes have been written about aviation, but we do not automatically have thousands of true and special friends in their authors. That rare writer who comes alive on a page does it by giving of himself, by writing of meanings, and not just of fact or of things that have happened to him. The writers of flight who have done this are usually found together in a special section on private bookshelves. Richard Bach airplanewritinggiving It’s okay is a cosmic truth…It’s okay. If there were nothing here for us to learn, we wouldn’t bother to pay the fare. Richard Bach cosmicbotherpay
