57 quotes
We're all the sons of God, or children of the Is, or ideas of the Mind, or however else you want to say it.
Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
Live never to be ashamed if anything you say or do is published around the world, even if what is said is not true.
Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
Laughing on the way to your execution is not generally understood by less advanced lifeforms, and they'll call you crazy.
Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
Fly free and happy beyond birthdays and across forever, and we'll meet now and then when we wish, in the midst of the one celebration that never can end.
There's No Such Place As Far Away (1978)
If you will practice being fictional for a while, you will understand that fictional characters are sometimes more real than people with bodies and heartbeats.
Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
Jonathan Seagull discovered that boredom and fear and anger are the reasons that a gull’s life is so short, and with these gone from his thoughts, he lived a long fine life indeed.
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1970)
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true.
You may have to work for it, however.
Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts.
Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
For most gulls, it is not flying that matters, but eating. For this gull, though, it was not eating that mattered, but flight.
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1970)
The opposite of loneliness, it's not togetherness. It is intimacy.
The Bridge Across Forever (1984)
Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you're alive, it isn't.
Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
The best way to avoid responsibility is to say, "I've got responsibilities."
Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, they're yours.
Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
You teach best what you most need to learn.
Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
Every person, all the events of your life, are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you.
Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
Don’t believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding.
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1970)
In order to live free and happily, you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice.
Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof.
Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
"Such promises are only for the gulls that accept the ordinary. One who has touched excellence in his learning has no need of that kind of promise."
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1970)
The original sin is to limit the Is. —Don't.
Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)