Livingston Seagull Quotes

• Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself.

  Richard Bach

  Inspirational, Life, Self Esteem

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

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• He spoke of very simple things- that it is right for a gull to fly, that freedom is the very nature of his being, that whatever stands against that freedom must be set aside, be it ritual or superstition or limitation in any form. "Set aside," came a voice from the multitude, "even if it be the Law of the Flock?" "The only true law is that which leads to freedom," Jonathan said. "There is no other.

  Richard Bach

  Simple, Law, Voice

  Richard Bach (2014). “Jonathan Livingston Seagull: The New Complete Edition”, p.81, Simon and Schuster

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• Most gulls don't bother to learn more than the simplest facts of flight - how to get from shore to food and back again

  Richard Bach

  Flying, Gulls, Facts

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

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• Boredom between two people doesn't come from being together physically. It comes from being apart mentally and spiritually.

  Richard Bach

  Two, People, Boredom

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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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• 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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• 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. 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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• I’m here not because I am supposed to be here, or because I’m trapped here, but because I’d rather be with you than anywhere else in the world.

  Richard Bach

  Marriage, Hope, World

  "The Bridge Across Forever: A True Love Story". Book by Richard Bach, 1984.

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• The gull sees farthest who flies highest

  Richard Bach

  Achievement, Vision, Gulls

  Richard Bach (2014). “Jonathan Livingston Seagull: The New Complete Edition”, p.60, Simon and Schuster

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• A tiny change today brings a dramatically different tomorrow.

  Richard Bach

  Inspirational, Change, Inspiring

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• Our soulmate is someone who shares our deepest longings, our sense of direction. When we're two balloons, and together our direction is up, chances are we've found the right person. Our soulmate is the one who makes life come to life.

  Richard Bach

  Soulmate, Two, Together

  "The Bridge Across Forever : A Lovestory". Book by Richard Bach, 1989.

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• That’s why love stories don’t have endings! They don’t have endings because love doesn’t end.

  Richard Bach

  Stories, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Love Story

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• A soulmate is someone who has locks that fit our keys, and keys to fit our locks.

  Richard Bach

  Soulmate, Keys, Soul Mate

  "The Bridge Across Forever: A Lovestory". Book by Richard Bach, 1989.

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

  Richard Bach

  Life, Fear, Listening

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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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• You're never given a dream without the power to make it true.

  Richard Bach

  Dream, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Given

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• 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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• The only true law is that which leads to freedom.

  Richard Bach

  Law, Gulls, Jonathan Livingston Seagull

  Richard Bach (2014). “Jonathan Livingston Seagull: The New Complete Edition”, p.81, Simon and Schuster

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• We can lift ourselves out of ignorance, we can find ourselves as creatures of excellence and intelligence and skill.

  Richard Bach

  Ignorance, Skills, Flying

  Richard Bach (2014). “Jonathan Livingston Seagull: The Complete Edition”, p.17, 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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• A soulmate is someone who has locks that fit our keys, and keys to fit our locks. When we feel safe enough to open the locks, our truest selves step out and we can be completely and honestly who we are; we can be loved for who we are and not for who we're pretending to be. Each unveils the best part of the other. No matter what else goes wrong around us, with that one person we're safe in our own paradise.

  Richard Bach

  Wedding, Soulmate, Keys

  "The Bridge Across Forever: A True Love Story". Book by Richard Bach (p. 388), 1984.

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

  Richard Bach

  Inspirational, Being Yourself, Unique

  Richard Bach (2014). “Jonathan Livingston Seagull: The Complete Edition”, p.80, Simon and Schuster

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• Every person, all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you.

  Richard Bach

  Relationship, Positive, Spiritual

  Richard Bach (2012). “Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah”, p.110, Delta

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