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."

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

— Richard Bach

Happiness

All Quotes by Richard Bach

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

— Richard Bach

Work

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

— Richard Bach

Best

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

— Richard Bach

Success

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

— Richard Bach

Love

“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

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

— Richard Bach

Happiness

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

— Richard Bach

Family

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

— Richard Bach

Best

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

— Richard Bach

Change

“True love stories never have endings.”

— Richard Bach

Love

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

— Richard Bach

Fear

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

— Richard Bach

Men

“Learning is finding out what you already know.”

— Richard Bach

Learning

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

— Richard Bach

Fear

“The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What are you doing? Think about these once in a while and watch your answers change.”

— Richard Bach

Change

“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

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

— Richard Bach

Christmas

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

— Richard Bach

Happiness