Richard Bach

"Ask yourself the secret of your success. Listen to your answer, and practice it."

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

"Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't."

"I don't want to do business with those who don't make a profit, because they can't give the best service."

"I want to be very close to someone I respect and admire and have somebody who feels the same way about me."

"If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they're yours; if they don't they never were."

"Learning is finding out what you already know."

"One of the great cosmic laws, I think, is that whatever we hold in our thought will come true in our experience. When we hold something, anything, in our thought, then somehow coincidence leads us in the direction that we've been wishing to lead ourselves."

"Rarely do members of the same family grow up under the same roof."

"Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger."

"The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it."

"The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life."

"The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work."

"There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go."

"True love stories never have endings."

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

"You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however."

"You teach best what you most need to learn."