Richard Bach

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Richard Bach is an American author known for his philosophical works, particularly 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull,' which explores themes of freedom and self-discovery.

Born
June 23, 1936
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"At last, the answer why. The lesson that had been so hard to find, so difficult to learn, came quick and clear and simple. The reason for problems is to overcome them. Why, that’s the very nature of man, I thought, to press past limits, to prove his freedom. It isn’t the challenge that faces us, that determines who we are and what we are becoming, but the way we meet the challenge, whether we toss a match at the wreck or work our way through it, step by step, to freedom."

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"It doesn’t take time to change once you understand the problem...Somebody hands you a rattlesnake, it doesn’t take long to drop it, does it?"

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"No one does anything uncharacteristic of who they are."

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"There is something to astrology for those who believe in astrology, as there is something to medicine for those who believe in medicine. Every system works when we give our heart to it."

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"We all know those who draw their boundaries carefully and say, "I'm only human. Nobody's perfect. I accept my limitations." And we know others who take an opposite view and say, "I can do anything I choose to do. It is in my power to change the world." And those are the ones who most often change the world."

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"The great thing about writing is, if you don't like the world, we'll create a different one."

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"Character comes from following our highest sense of right, from trusting ideas without being sure they’ll work."

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"The big thing about writing is three commands: Have fun. Don't think. Don't care."

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"Whatever it is that calls us, that's our path. And as we walk that path, we have a chance to shine forth who we are. It affects other people around us."

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"Does anybody learn writing, or do they just touch someone who lets them see the power of the deleted word?"

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"When I'm writing it's as if I'm the observer. It's as if that computer screen there -it used to be the typewriter - just kind of dissolves and there's this whirling tunnel of mist and there's a kind of proscenium arch, and then there are my characters, and they say what they say, and I laugh sometimes in surprise at what they say."

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"It’s not when you start that makes your success in the world, but when you quit."

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"There is something that is transcendental about when we are immersed in that which we most love."

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"Of course there’s destiny, but destiny doesn’t push you where you don’t want to go. You’re the ones who choose. Destiny is up to you."

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"We can start working with time if you wish," Chiang said, "till you can fly the past and the future. And then you will be ready to begin the most difficult, the most powerful, the most fun of all. You will be ready to begin to fly up and know the meaning of kindness and of love."

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"Flyers fell a certain kinship with the sight of the earth unencrusted by humanity, they want to see it that way in one sweeping view, in reassurance that nature still exists on her own, without a chain-link fence to hold her."

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