To fly as fast as thought, to anywhere that is, you must begin by knowing that you have already arrived. Richard Bach More Quotes by Richard Bach More Quotes From Richard Bach We must honor our dragons, encourage them to be worthy destroyers, expect they'll strive to cut us down. It is their duty to ridicule us, it is their job to demean us, to force us if they can to stop being different! And when we walk our way no matter their fire and their fury, our dragons shrug when we're out of sight, return to their card-games philosophical: 'Ah well, we can't toast 'em all...' Richard Bach philosophical cutting jobs So this world, I think, and an indefinite number of other worlds of our creation, are also - we're here for fun; we're here for learning; we're here for remembering who we are, and who we are, are expressions of life so absolutely linked with the life that is, always was, always will be. Richard Bach spiritual fun thinking 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. Richard Bach children ideas son How can we resent the life we've created for ourselves? Who's to blame, who's to credit, but us? Who can change it, any time we wish, but us? Richard Bach blame credit wish Our disasters have been some of the best things that ever happened to us. And what we swore were blessings have been some of the worst. Richard Bach disaster blessing inspirational Not being known doesn't stop the truth from being true. You are led through your lifetime by the inner learning creature, the playful spiritual being that is your real self. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly. Learning is finding out what we already know. Doing is demonstrating that you know it. Teaching is reminding others that they know just as well as you. You are all learners, doers and teachers. The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it. Richard Bach real spiritual teacher The best way to avoid responsibility is to say, 'I've got responsibilities. Richard Bach choices responsibility way Whatever enchants also guides and protects. Richard Bach guides protect Passionately obsessed by anything we love - an avalanche of magic flattens the way ahead, levels, rules, reasons, dissents, bears us with it over chasms, fears, doubts. Without the power of that love. Richard Bach magic doubt fear 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 agree important world In the United States Christmas has become the rape of an idea. Richard Bach united-states states ideas Bad things are not the worst things that can happen to us. Nothing is the worst thing that can happen to us! Richard Bach jonathan-seagull jonathan-livingston-seagull worst Numbers are limits, and perfection doesn't have limits. Richard Bach limits perfection numbers You teach best that which you need most to learn. Richard Bach teach needs True enjoy stories never ever have endings. Richard Bach enjoy stories If you want magic, let go of your armor. Magic is so much stronger than steel. Richard Bach stronger magic letting-go Of course I'm a fake. We're all fakes on this whole world, pretending to be something we're not. We are not just bodies walking around, not just atoms, molecules. We are unkillable, undestroyable ideas of the IS, no matter how much we believe otherwise. Richard Bach fake believe ideas Do you ever have the feeling you're a tourist on earth? Richard Bach tourists earth feelings I take the paraglider to the mountain or I roll Daisy out of her hangar and I pick the prettiest part of the sky and I melt into the wing and then into the air, till I'm just soul on a sunbeam. Richard Bach air sky wings Never stop feeling and seeing and being excited with great things like air and engines and sounds of sunlight within you. Richard Bach air sound feelings