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.

Quote by Richard Bach

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Two things I do value a lot, intimacy and the capacity for joy, didn't seem...

Two things I do value a lot, intimacy and the capacity for joy, didn't seem...

Not being known doesn't stop the truth from being true.

Not being known doesn't stop the truth from being true.

You don't want a million answers as much as you want a few forever questions....

You don't want a million answers as much as you want a few forever questions....

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...

Every word that judges value is circular. 'Good' is 'right' is 'proper' is 'just' is...

Every word that judges value is circular. 'Good' is 'right' is 'proper' is 'just' is...

Avoid problems, and you'll never be the one who overcame them.

Avoid problems, and you'll never be the one who overcame them.

You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it...

You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it...

Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.

Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.

Children are not our property, and they are not ours to control any more that...

Children are not our property, and they are not ours to control any more that...

If you will practice being fictional for a while, you will understand that fictional characters...

If you will practice being fictional for a while, you will understand that fictional characters...

I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth...

I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth...

The original sin is to limit the Is. Don't.

The original sin is to limit the Is. Don't.

Listen to what you know instead of what you fear.

Listen to what you know instead of what you fear.

Ask yourself the secret of YOUR success. Listen to your answer, and practice it.

Ask yourself the secret of YOUR success. Listen to your answer, and practice it.

Bad things are not the worst things that can happen to us. Nothing is the...

Bad things are not the worst things that can happen to us. Nothing is the...

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...

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect...

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect...

In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer...

In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer...

Your family and your love must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and imagination...

Your family and your love must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and imagination...

Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that...

Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that...