Del "You will begin to touch heaven, Jonathan, in the moment that you touch perfect speed. And that isn’t flying a thousand miles an hour, or a million, or flying at the speed of light. Because any number is a limit, and perfection doesn’t have limits. Pe" - Richard Bach jonathan livingston seagull 2
Del "He spoke of very simple things- that it is right for a gull to fly, that freedom is the very nature of his being, that whatever stands against that freedom must be set aside, be it ritual or superstition or limitation in any form." - Richard Bach jonathan livingston seagull 1
Del "We choose our next world through what we learn in this one. Learn nothing, and the next world is the same as this one, all the same limitations and lead weights to overcome." - Richard Bach jonathan livingston seagull 1
Del "Jonathan sighed. The price of being misunderstood, he thought. They call you devil or they call you god" - Richard Bach jonathan livingston seagull 1
Del "You will begin to touch heaven, Jonathan, in the moment that you touch perfect speed. And that isn’t flying a thousand miles an hour, or a million, or flying at the speed of light. Because any number is a limit, and perfection doesn’t have limits. Pe" - Richard Bach jonathan livingston seagull 1
Del "Why, Jon, why? his mother asked. "Why is it so hard to be like the rest of the flock, Jon? Why can't you leave low flying to the pelicans, the alhatross? Why don't you eat? Son, you're bone and feathers!" "I don't mind being bone and feathers mom. I " - Richard Bach jonathan livingston seagull 1
Del "Overcome space, and all we have left is Here. Overcome time, and all we have left is Now" - Richard Bach jonathan livingston seagull 2
Del "Jonathan Seagull discovered that boredom and fear and anger are the reasons that a gull's life is so short, and with those gone from his thought, he lived a long fine life indeed." - Richard Bach jonathan livingston seagull 2
Del "You have the freedom to be yourself, your true self, here and now, and nothing can stand in your way" - Richard Bach jonathan livingston seagull 2
Del "We can lift ourselves out of ignorance, we can find ourselves as creatures of excellence and intelligence and skill" - Richard Bach jonathan livingston seagull 2
Del "Your whole body, from wingtip to wingtip," Jonathan would say, other times, "is nothing more than your thought itself, in a form you can see. Break the chains of your thought, and you break the chains of your body, too." - Richard Bach jonathan livingston seagull 1
Del "Heaven is not a place, and it is not a time. Heaven is being perfect. -And that isn't flying a thousand miles an hour, or a million, or flying at the speed of light. Because any number is a limit, and perfection doesn't have limits. Perfect speed, my" - Richard Bach jonathan livingston seagull 2
Del "Why, Jon, why? his mother asked. "Why is it so hard to be like the rest of the flock, Jon? Why can't you leave low flying to the pelicans, the alhatross? Why don't you eat? Son, you're bone and feathers!" "I don't mind being bone and feathers mom. I " - Richard Bach jonathan livingston seagull 1
Del "He was not bone and feather but a perfect idea of freedom and flight, limited by nothing at all" - Richard Bach jonathan livingston seagull 1
Del "Heaven is not a place, and it is not a time. Heaven is being perfect. -And that isn't flying a thousand miles an hour, or a million, or flying at the speed of light. Because any number is a limit, and perfection doesn't have limits. Perfect speed, my" - Richard Bach jonathan livingston seagull 1
Del "Don’t believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding. Find out what you already know and you will see the way to fly." - Richard Bach jonathan livingston seagull 1