Richard Bach

Richard Bach

26 quotes

As an American spiritual writer (b. 1936), Richard Bach contributed not just to their field but to the broader conversation about what it means to live well. Richard Bach's observations on Love are as sharp as their thoughts on Learning, revealing genuine breadth of mind. Our collection holds 36 quotes from Richard Bach, each offering a different angle on Love, Learning, Happiness, Best, and Work. Readers often gravitate to this one: "The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life."

“What the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly.”

— Richard Bach

Nature

All Quotes by Richard Bach

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

— Richard Bach

Men

“What the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly.”

— Richard Bach

Nature

“True love stories never have endings.”

— Richard Bach

Love

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

— Richard Bach

Change

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

— Richard Bach

Life

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

— Richard Bach

Best

“Listen to what you know instead of what you fear.”

— Richard Bach

Fear

“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.”

— Richard Bach

Power

“Happiness is the reward we get for living to the highest right we know.”

— Richard Bach

Happiness

“Not being known doesn't stop the truth from being true.”

— Richard Bach

Truth

“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.”

— Richard Bach

Learning

“You teach best what you most need to learn.”

— Richard Bach

Best

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

— Richard Bach

Happiness

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

— Richard Bach

Family

“Learning is finding out what you already know.”

— Richard Bach

Learning

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

— Richard Bach

Love

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

— Richard Bach

Relationship

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

— Richard Bach

Work

“The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder.”

— Richard Bach

Fear

“In the United States Christmas has become the rape of an idea.”

— Richard Bach

Christmas