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Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else is not only impossible, but the mark of a fake messiah.
Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
I felt like a moth in a chandelier — all at once there were lots of pretty choices, but I wasn't quite sure where to fly.
The Bridge Across Forever (1984)
Remember where you came from, where you're going, and why you created the mess you got yourself into in the first place.
Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
And the one carried in the current said, "I am no more messiah than you. The river delights to lift us free, if only we dare let go. Our true work is this voyage, this adventure."
Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
Perspective— Use It or Lose It. If you turned to this page, you're forgetting that what is going on around you is not reality. Think about that.
Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
Don't be dismayed at goodbyes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.
Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
Imagine the universe beautiful and just and perfect.
Then be sure of one thing:
The Is has imagined it quite a bit better than you have.
Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
That's what learning is, after all; not whether we lose the game, but how we lose and how we've changed because of it and what we take away from it that we never had before, to apply to other games. Losing, in a curious way, is winning.
The Bridge Across Forever (1984)
The things we own, the places we live, the events of our lives: empty settings. How easy to chase after settings, and forget diamonds! The only thing that matters, at the end of a stay on earth, is how well did we love, what was the quality of our love?
The Bridge Across Forever (1984)
It's like, at the end, there's this surprise quiz: Am I proud of me? I gave my life to become the person I am right now! Was it worth what I paid?
One (1988)
Everything in this book may be wrong.
Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
If you really want to remove a cloud from your life, you do not make a big production out of it, you just relax and remove it from your thinking. That's all there is to it.
Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
"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. Perfect speed, my son, is being there."
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1970)
Learning is finding out what you already know. Doing is demonstrating that you know it. Teaching is reminding others that they know just as well as you. You are all learners, doers, and teachers.
Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
What I have just heard is pure . . . listen! . . . radiance, that you took from cloud-linings and sunrises and distilled into light that I can hear! Do you know how good, how lovely that is, what you can make the piano do?
The Bridge Across Forever (1984)
"There is no problem so big that it cannot be run away from."…
"You're quoting Snoopy the dog, I believe?"
"I'll quote the truth wherever I find it thank you."
Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
Nothing happens by chance, my friend... No such thing as luck. A meaning behind every little thing, and such a meaning behind this. Part for you, part for me, we may not see it all real clear right now, but we will, before long.
Nothing by Chance: A Gypsy Pilot's Adventures in Modern America (1969)