Richard Bach quotes - page 6

Whatever enchants also guides and protects. (Richard Bach)
What matters is how I use what I know, every minute of every day; how I use it to remember, in the midst of the game. View quote
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Having made the decision to love, had I chosen life instead of death? View quote
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Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding. View quote
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Why had such a promising world been crucified on the tree of obligation, thorned by duties, hanged by hypocrisy, smothered by customs? View quote
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Anything we need to know, we can learn it from a book. Reading, careful study, a little practice, and we're throwing knives expertly, overhauling engines, speaking Esperanto like natives. View quote
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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. View quote
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Why? What is so wonderful about mass murder that nobody in the history of the world has ever fond any smarter solution to problems than killing everybody who doesn't agree? Is that the limit of human intelligence? View quote
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What a delighted fascination it is, to stand aside and watch our dearest friend perform on stage without us. View quote
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He wanted so much to ask, and he dared so little to know. View quote
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Such promises are only for the gulls that accept the ordinary. One who has touched excellence in his learning has no need of that kind of promise. (Richard Bach)
Imagine the universe beautiful and just and perfect. Then be sure of one thing: The Is has imagined it quite a bit better than you have. View quote
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Rarely do members of the same family grow up under the same roof. View quote
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Avoid problems, and you'll never be the one who overcame them. View quote
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You don't want a million answers as much as you want a few forever questions. The questions are diamonds you hold in the light. Study a lifetime and you see different colors from the same jewel. View quote
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Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them for the rest of our lives. View quote
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Civilization... wrecks the planet from seafloor to stratosphere. View quote
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Jonathan is that brilliant little fire that burns within us all, that lives only for those moments when we reach perfection. View quote
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26. And [the Messiah] said unto them, "If a man told God that he wanted most of all to help the suffering world, no matter the price to himself, and God answered and told him what he must do, should the man do as he is told?"27. "Of course, Master!" cried the many. "It should be pleasure for him to suffer the tortures of hell itself, should God ask it!"28. "No matter what those tortures, no matter how difficult the task?"29. "Honor to be hanged, glory to be nailed to a tree and burned, if so be that God has asked," said they.30. "And what would you do," the Master said unto the multitude, "if God spoke directly to your face and said, 'I COMMAND THAT YOU BE HAPPY IN THE WORLD, AS LONG AS YOU LIVE.' What would you do then?"31. And the multitude was silent, not a voice, not a sound was heard upon the hillsides, across the valleys where they stood. View quote
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There is no problem so big that it cannot be run away from."... "You're quoting Snoopy the dog, I believe?" "I'll quote the truth wherever I find it thank you. View quote
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The music broke from the piano like clear cold water from a prophet-touched rock, pouring and splashing around us while her fingers leaped and spread, curled and stiffened and melted and flickered in magic pass and streaked lightning above the keyboard. Never before had she played for me... because we were lovers now, was she free to play...? (Richard Bach)
What I have just heard is pure... listen!... radiance, that you took from cloud-linings and sunrises and distilled into light that I can hear! Do you know how good, how lovely that is, what you can make the piano do? View quote
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The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. View quote
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Boredom between two people doesn't come from being together physically. It comes from being apart mentally and spiritually. View quote
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An easy life doesn't teach us anything. In the end it's the learning that matters: what we've learned and how we've grown. View quote
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