Learning is finding out what you already know. Richard Bach More Quotes by Richard Bach More Quotes From Richard Bach You don't tell the quality of a master by the size of his crowds. Richard Bach sizecrowdsquality One school is finished, and the time has come for another to begin. Richard Bach jonathan-seagulljonathan-livingston-seagullschool Heaven isnot a place, and it isnot atime.Heaven isbeing perfect. Richard Bach perfecttimeheaven Thanks to you, I always am so happy. Now I want to give you all the happiness on your birthday. Richard Bach wantbirthdaygiving The highest art form of all is a human being in control of himself and his airplane in flight, urging the spirit of a machine to match his own. Richard Bach machinesairplaneart It had never gotten old for him, flying. Never gone boring. Every engine start was a new adventure, guiding the spirit of a lovely machine back into life; every takeoff blending his spirit with its own to do what's never been done in history, to lift away from the ground and fly. Richard Bach lovelyflyingadventure 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. Richard Bach gullssakeperfection Build an inner place to protect your truth. Richard Bach playgroundsprotect Why fly? Simple. I'm not happy unless there's some room between me and the ground. Richard Bach flyingsimplerooms This kind of thinking, he found, is not the way to make one's self popular with other birds. Even his parents were dismayed as Jonathan spent whole days alone, making hundreds of low-level glides, experimenting. Richard Bach selfbirdthinking We don't have rights until we claim them. Richard Bach claimsrights Silly ideas, worth the admission price in smiles, but they're true. Is high-energy physics interesting because it's true or because it's crazy? Richard Bach crazysillyideas Flying prevails whenever a man and his airplane are put to a test of maximum performance. Richard Bach airplaneflyingmen In the path of our happiness shall we find the learning for which we have chosen this lifetime. Richard Bach educationhappinessinspirational Next to God, love is the word most mangled in every language. The highest form of regard between two people is friendship, and when love enters, friendship dies. Richard Bach lovetwopeople He moves not through distance, but through the ranges of satisfaction that come from hauling himself up into the air with complete and utter control; from knowing himself and knowing his airplane so well that he can come somewhere close to touching, in his own special and solitary way, that thing that is called perfection. Richard Bach airplanedistancemoving If perfection is stagnation, then Heaven is a swamp. Richard Bach swampsperfectionheaven Here's how the people live here, in big house-shaped boxes to keep off 'rain' and 'snow,' holes cut in the sides so they can see out. They move around in smaller boxes, painted different colours, with wheels on the corners. They need this box-culture because each person thinks of herself and himself as locked in a box called a 'body,' arms and legs, fingers to move pencils and tools, languages because they've forgotten how to communicate, eyes because they've forgotten how to see. Odd little planet. Wish you were here. Home soon. Richard Bach rainhomemoving Thought plus belief equals manifestation. Richard Bach manifestationplusbelief Your harshest truths are dreams, and your gentlest dreams are true. Richard Bach dream
