Quotes for All
I’m not a celebrity or near celebrity. Sometimes people will say, You’re famous and that stops me right there. What does fame mean? Fame is in the eye of the beholder. So, if somebody wants to call me ‘famous’, that’s their business. I’m just me, a guy who messes around with airplanes and writes books … Read more
I’m absolutely convinced that this is a world of appearances, not reality. There’s one reality and that’s Light and Love. When some say, we create our own reality, I always demur and say, Please, would you mind adjusting that a little bit? We create our own appearances. We become master of appearances and as we … Read more
Reason and intellect are opening wedges in an understanding of reality. Richard Bach
I like that you can open up any one of my books anywhere and immediately be lost. I just love them so much. Richard Bach
When you’re flying, an airplane doesn’t care who you are; it doesn’t care how much money you make or don’t make. All it cares about is: How well do you fly? How well do you know the airplane? How well do you know the sky? Richard Bach
What is my highest sense of right? we can ask at any decision point in our lives and not worry about if this is going to lose us a lot of money or is this going to make us a lot of money or whatever. Richard Bach
I had experiences along the way that helped me to realize that letting go was the way that worked for me to find something that I, personally, as a reader, love to read. Richard Bach
There are two tests that we [writers] have for all of our writing: So What? and Who Cares? There is an answer to both. The answer to Who Cares is that a reader cares, if the writing is good. The answer to So What is that these ideas give us completely new understanding, change our … Read more
We [people] have the power to destroy ourselves as well as the environment. As a species we love what I’d call brinks-person-ship, going right to the edge of disaster and somehow managing to pull back and recover. But my bet is still on the creative and playful and positive in the species. I think we … Read more
In the highest sense, we are all creatures of light. And I have a very difficult time talking with people who are cynical about the world. The world is no damn good, and we’re all animals, and that kind of thing. Well, I’m an animal. Richard Bach