Richard Bach

Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself.
	Live never to be ashamed if anything you do or say is published around the world - even if what is published is not true.
Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet, than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years.
	You are led through your lifetime by the inner learning creature, the playful spiritual being that is your real self Don't turn away from possible futures before you're certain you don't have anything to learn from them.
There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts.
	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.
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, they're yours.
	You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
The original sin is to limit the Is Don't.
	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
Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully.
	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.
Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.
	The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.