Jonathan Seagull Quotes - Page 2

• Jonathan Livingston Seagull . . . was no ordinary bird. Most gulls don't bother
  to learn more than the simplest facts of flight how to get from shore to food and back again. For most gulls, it is not flying that matters, but eating. For this
  gull, though, it was not eating that mattered, but flight. More than anything else,
  Jonathan Livingston Seagull loved to fly.

  Richard Bach

  Inspirational, Bird, Flying

  RICHARD BACH (1970). “JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL”

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• Overcome space, and all we have left is Here. Overcome time, and all we have left is Now.

  Richard Bach

  Space, Overcoming, Jonathan Livingston Seagull

  Richard Bach (2014). “Jonathan Livingston Seagull: The Complete Edition”, p.61, Simon and Schuster

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• For most gulls it was not flying that matters, but eating. For this gull, though, it was not eating that mattered, but flight.

  Richard Bach

  Flying, Gulls, Matter

  Richard Bach (2014). “Jonathan Livingston Seagull: The New Complete Edition”, p.4, Simon and Schuster

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• 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

  Overcoming, World, Weight

  Richard Bach (2014). “Jonathan Livingston Seagull: The Complete Edition”, p.44, Simon and Schuster

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• If you love something, set it free.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Love, Modern Family, Getting Back Together

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• Nothing happens by chance, my friend... No such thing as luck.

  Richard Bach

  Destiny, Luck, Chance

  "Nothing by Chance: A Gypsy Pilot's Adventures in Modern America". Book by Richard Bach, 1969.

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• Nothing happens by chance, my friend... No such thing as luck. A meaning behind every little thing, and such a meaning behind this. Part for you, part for me, may not see it all real clear right now, but we will, before long.

  Richard Bach

  Real, Long, Luck

  Richard Bach (2003). “Flying: The Aviation Trilogy”, p.326, Simon and Schuster

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• Do you have any idea how many lives we must have gone through before we even got the first idea that there is more to life than eating, or fighting, or power in the Flock? A thousand lives, Jon, ten thousand!

  Richard Bach

  Fighting, Ideas, Gone

  Richard Bach (2014). “Jonathan Livingston Seagull: The Complete Edition”, p.44, Simon and Schuster

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• Listen to what you know instead of what you fear.

  Richard Bach

  Life, Fear, Listening

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

  Richard Bach

  Inspirational, Success, Knowing

  Richard Bach (2014). “Jonathan Livingston Seagull: The New Complete Edition”, p.56, Simon and Schuster

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• What the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly.

  Richard Bach

  Inspirational, Change, Inspiring

  "Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah". Book by Richard Bach, 1977.

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• That’s what learning is, after all; not whether we lose the game, but how we lose and how we’ve changed because of it, and what we take away from it that we never had before, to apply to other games. Losing, in a curious way is winning.

  Richard Bach

  Wisdom, Failure, Learning

  "The Bridge Across Forever". Book by Richard Bach, 1984.

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• A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit.

  Richard Bach

  Perseverance, Writing, Editing

  Richard Bach (2012). “A Gift of Wings”, p.9, Dell

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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.

  Richard Bach

  Life, Family, Spiritual

  Richard Bach (2012). “Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah”, p.65, Delta

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• I do not exist to impress the world. I exist to live my life in a way that will make me happy.

  Richard Bach

  Life, Happy, World

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  Don't be dismayed by 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

  Inspirational, Friendship, Sports

  "Friendships: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases". Icon Group International, Incorporated, Page 14, November 26, 2008.

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• Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully.

  Richard Bach

  Encouraging, Wisdom, Encouragement

  "With a Conscience — ‘It’s Not You. It’s Me.’" by Claudia King, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 20, 2014.

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

  Richard Bach

  Love, Friendship, I Miss You

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• If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem.

  Richard Bach

  Happiness, Being Happy, Inspiration

  Richard Bach (2012). “Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah”, p.72, Delta

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• You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.

  Richard Bach

  Inspirational, Positive, Future

  Richard Bach (2012). “Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah”, p.51, Delta

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• No matter how qualified or deserving we are, we will never reach a better life until we can imagine it for ourselves and allow ourselves to have it.

  Richard Bach

  Inspirational, Deserving It, Matter

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• 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'll see the way to fly.

  Richard Bach

  Motivational, Depression, Believe

  Richard Bach (2014). “Jonathan Livingston Seagull: The Complete Edition”, p.90, Simon and Schuster

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• A moment later Jonathan's body wavered in the air, shimmering, and began to go transparent. "Don't let them spread silly rumors about me, or make me a god. O.K., Fletch? I'm a seagull. I like to fly, maybe...

  Richard Bach

  Silly, Air, Rumor

  Richard Bach (2014). “Jonathan Livingston Seagull: The Complete Edition”, p.90, Simon and Schuster

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• 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

  Real, Character, Practice

  "Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah". Book by Richard Bach, 1977.

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• He was not bone and feather but a perfect idea of freedom and flight, limited by nothing at all

  Richard Bach

  Ideas, Perfect, Jonathan Livingston Seagull

  Richard Bach (2014). “Jonathan Livingston Seagull: The Complete Edition”, p.61, Simon and Schuster

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