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

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

— Richard Bach

Success

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

— Richard Bach

Best

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

— Richard Bach

Christmas

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

— Richard Bach

Fear

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

— Richard Bach

Life

“Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness.”

— Richard Bach

Happiness

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

— Richard Bach

Family

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

— Richard Bach

Nature

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

— Richard Bach

Happiness

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

— Richard Bach

Best

“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

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

— Richard Bach

Change

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

— Richard Bach

Love

“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

“True love stories never have endings.”

— Richard Bach

Love

“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

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

— Richard Bach

Men

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

— Richard Bach

Best