Two things I do value a lot, intimacy and the capacity for joy, didn't seem to be on anyone else's list. I felt like the stranger in a strange land, and decided I'd better not marry the natives.

Quote by Richard Bach

Topics: Joy Quotes, Principles Quotes

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

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

Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And...

Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And...

Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to...

Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to...

Fail at love, and the other tests don't matter.

Fail at love, and the other tests don't matter.

There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its...

There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its...

I want to be very close to someone I respect and admire and have somebody...

I want to be very close to someone I respect and admire and have somebody...

Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're...

Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're...

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

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

Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And...

Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And...

Real love stories never have endings.

Real love stories never have endings.

Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character, and one of...

Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character, and one of...

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

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

Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're...

Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're...

Hell is a place, a time, a consciousness, in which there is no love.

Hell is a place, a time, a consciousness, in which there is no love.

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

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

In order to live free and happily, you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always...

In order to live free and happily, you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always...

There's no disaster that can't become a blessing, and no blessing that can't become a...

There's no disaster that can't become a blessing, and no blessing that can't become a...

Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished. If youre...

Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished. If youre...

Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds a man down or polishes him up...

Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds a man down or polishes him up...

A life lived with integrity - even if it lacks the trappings of fame and...

A life lived with integrity - even if it lacks the trappings of fame and...

We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than...

We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than...