Richard Bach
Richard Bach
Richard David Bach is an American writer. Bach is widely known as the author of some hugely popular 1970s best-sellers, including Jonathan Livingston Seagulland Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah. Bach has authored numerous works of fiction and non-fiction, including Oneand Out of My Mind...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth23 June 1936
CountryUnited States of America
believe long unity
As long as we believe in sequential time, we see becoming instead of being. Beyond time, we are all one.
family spiritual respect
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.
happiness spiritual sacrifice
In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice.
stars writing thinking
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.
inspirational motivational positive
The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.
evil challenges darkness
Fear not, nor be dismayed at the appearance that is darkness, at the disguise that is evil, at the empty cloak that is death, for you have picked these for your challenges. They are stones on which you choose to whet the keen edge of your spirit.
love friendship i-miss-you
Can miles truly separate you from friends... If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there?
book important mail
Individuals somehow are led to find my books at times that are important to them. The mail that I get very, very often will say, "I was at a difficult time in my life, and someone gave me a copy."
inspirational life self-esteem
Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself.
inspirational life cute
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however.
morning sea gold
It was morning, and the new sun sparkled gold across the ripples of a gentle sea.
space overcoming jonathan-livingston-seagull
Overcome space, and all we have left is Here. Overcome time, and all we have left is Now.
encouraging wisdom encouragement
Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully.
understanding world way
There is a kind of silver spiderweb that's spun around the world, and the strands of that web are certain loves and certain understandings. And if we follow those, and if we walk those strands, we're going to meet others at the intersections who have been walking the same way across this web. And when we meet, there's a kind of "I know who you are."