Sometimes when learning comes before experience It doesn't make sense right away. Richard Bach More Quotes by Richard Bach More Quotes From Richard Bach The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder. Richard Bach overcoming fear wonder Cherish yesterday, Dream tomorrow, Live today. Richard Bach yesterday-and-today gratitude dream Compelling reason will never convince blinding emotion. Richard Bach convince compelling-reason emotion My airplane is quiet, and for a moment still an alien, still a stranger to the ground, I am home. Richard Bach airplane flying home Learning is finding out what you already know. Richard Bach learning-knowledge doers education To bring anything into your life, imagine that it's already there. Richard Bach imagine courage inspiring In order to win, you must expect to win. Richard Bach belief winning order I relax my body completely, relax my mind completely, and then imagine myself at a level where anything can happen. Richard Bach relax spiritual mind Only a few people are interested in what you have to say, but that is all right. You don't have to tell the quality of a master by the size of his crowds. Richard Bach crowds quality people It took time to learn that the hard thing about writing is to let the story write itself, while one sits at the typewriter and does as little thinking as possible. It happened over and over again, and the beginner learned - when you start puzzling over an idea, and slowing down on the keys, the writing gets worse and worse. Richard Bach keys writing thinking I was a microscopic life-form, infinitely large, stumbled backstage of its playhouse, caught a nanosecond glance of its own reality and nearly vaporized in shock. Richard Bach caught form reality The only thing that shatters dreams is compromise. Richard Bach compromise dream I want to be very close to someone I respect and admire and have somebody who feels the same way about me. Richard Bach love-relationship respect want Our soulmate is someone who shares our deepest longings, our sense of direction. When we're two balloons, and together our direction is up, chances are we've found the right person. Our soulmate is the one who makes life come to life. Richard Bach soulmate together two Look in the mirror and one thing is sure: what we see is not who we are. Richard Bach who-we-are mirrors looks In spite of my study, I have learned. Every grand religion begins in light. Yet only hearts hold light. Pages cannot. I have paper in my hands. Give these words to the world and they will be loved and understood by those who already know their truth. The truth doesn't burn. The truth waits for anyone who wishes to find it... only these pages will burn. At one with the stars... with the pages and their love... one with everything that is, that ever was or will be. One. Richard Bach stars light heart At last, the answer why. The lesson that had been so hard to find, so difficult to learn, came quick and clear and simple. The reason for problems is to overcome them. Why, that’s the very nature of man, I thought, to press past limits, to prove his freedom. It isn’t the challenge that faces us, that determines who we are and what we are becoming, but the way we meet the challenge, whether we toss a match at the wreck or work our way through it, step by step, to freedom. Richard Bach simple men past Ask yourself the secret of your success. Listen to your answer, and practice it. Richard Bach practice secret success Why had such a promising world been crucified on the tree of obligation, thorned by duties, hanged by hypocrisy, smothered by customs? Richard Bach hypocrisy tree world 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 self adventure war