30 Richard Bach Quotes From The Famous '70s Writer

Richard Bach is an American writer who has been widely popular since the 1970s.

Richard Bach is mainly known for his bestselling book ‘Jonathan Livingston Seagull’. He has also written other fiction and non-fiction books.

As a longtime pilot, Richard Bach’s books often revolve around the idea of flight. But, we also know the author for Richard Bach love quotes as well as his optimistic views about life. Let us see some of the great quotes that have come from the author. Richard Bach 'Illusions' quotes are especially endearing to his admirers. Read on for who was Richard Bach quotes and Richard Bach quotes you've changed so much I guess that's what happens.

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Here are some Richard Bach quotes that are a must read for those who are yet to be acquainted with the great American writer.

1. “Can miles truly separate you from friends...If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there?”

‒ Richard Bach.

2. “True love stories never have endings.”

‒ Richard Bach.

3. “The world is your exercise-book, the pages on which you do your sums.”

‒ Richard Bach.

4. “The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.”

‒ Richard Bach.

5. “It's not when you start that makes your success in the world, but when you quit.”

‒ Richard Bach, ‘Nothing By Chance’.

6. “To fly as fast as thought, to anywhere that is, you must begin by knowing that you have already arrived.”

‒ Richard Bach.

7. “Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.”

‒ Richard Bach.

8. “Every person, all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there.”

‒ Richard Bach.

9. “Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years.”

‒ Richard Bach.

10. “If you will practice being fictional for a while, you will understand that fictional characters are sometimes more real than people with bodies and heartbeats.”

‒ Richard Bach.

'Jonathan Livingston Seagull' is the most successful book written by Richard Bach. Ever since it was published, the book has been a sensation. So, here are some iconic quotes from the book.

11. “Don’t believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding. Find out what you already know and you will see the way to fly.”

‒ Richard Bach, ‘Jonathan Livingston Seagull’.

12. “What he had once hoped for the Flock, he now gained for himself alone; he learned to fly, and was not sorry for the price that he had paid.”

‒ Richard Bach, ‘Jonathan Livingston Seagull’.

13. “We choose our next world through what we learn in this one. Learn nothing, and the next world is the same as this one, all the same limitations and lead weights to overcome.”

‒ Richard Bach, ‘Jonathan Livingston Seagull’.

14. “You will begin to touch heaven, Jonathan, in the moment that you touch perfect speed…Because any number is a limit, and perfection doesn’t have limits. Perfect speed, my son, is being there.”

‒ Richard Bach, ‘Jonathan Livingston Seagull’.

15. “The only true law is that which leads to freedom, Jonathan said. There is no other.”

‒ Richard Bach, ‘Jonathan Livingston Seagull’.

16. “Heaven is not a place, and it's not a time. Heaven is being perfect.”

‒ Richard Bach, ‘Jonathan Livingston Seagull’.

17. “You have the freedom to be yourself, your true self, here and now, and nothing can stand in your way”

‒ Richard Bach, ‘Jonathan Livingston Seagull’.

18. “Each of us is in truth an idea of the Great Gull, an unlimited idea of freedom…”

‒ Richard Bach, ‘Jonathan Livingston Seagull’.

19. “Jonathan sighed. The price of being misunderstood, he thought. They call you devil or they call you god.”

‒ Richard Bach, ‘Jonathan Livingston Seagull’.

20. “For in spite of his lonely past, Jonathan Seagull was born to be an instructor, and his own way of demonstrating love was to give something of the truth that he had seen to a gull who asked only a chance to see truth for himself.”

‒ Richard Bach, ‘Jonathan Livingston Seagull’.

'Illusions: The Adventures Of A Reluctant Messiah' is a novel by Richard Bach written in 1977 that deals with the idea of reality and illusion. Here are some 'illusions' Richard Bach quotes from the book that will surely make you scratch your head.

21. “The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof.”

‒ Richard Bach, ‘Illusions: The Adventures Of A Reluctant Messiah’.

22. “You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true.”

‒ Richard Bach, ‘Illusions: The Adventures Of A Reluctant Messiah’.

23. “Perspective‒ Use it or lose it.”

‒ Richard Bach, ‘Illusions: The Adventures Of A Reluctant Messiah’.

24. “Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully.”

‒ Richard Bach, ‘Illusions: The Adventures Of A Reluctant Messiah’.

25. “Imagine the universe beautiful and just perfect.”

‒ Richard Bach, ‘Illusions: The Adventures Of A Reluctant Messiah’.

26. “The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What are you doing?”

‒ Richard Bach, ‘Illusions: The Adventures Of A Reluctant Messiah’.

27. “Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself.”

‒ Richard Bach, ‘Illusions: The Adventures Of A Reluctant Messiah’.

28. “Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you're alive it isn't.”

‒ Richard Bach, ‘Illusions: The Adventures Of A Reluctant Messiah’.

29. “Don’t turn away from possible futures before you’re certain you don’t have anything to learn from them.”

‒ Richard Bach, ‘Illusions: The Adventures Of A Reluctant Messiah’.

30. “Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.”

‒ Richard Bach, ‘Illusions: The Adventures Of A Reluctant Messiah’.

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