Richard BachThinkers

The Amateur is distinguished from a professional in that a professional is an amateur who didn't quit.

Change is often not undergone until something important is at risk.

Civilization wrecks the planet from seafloor to stratosphere.

The Family is a bond not of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.

Happiness is the reward we get for living to the highest right we know.

Hatred is love without all the facts.

Learning is finding out what you already know.

The Mirror is not, in fact, offering us a picture of ourselves — Look in the mirror and one thing is sure: what we see is not who we are.

Suicide is, we'd all agree, a desperate act. Anyone desperate enough to commit it should be desperate enough to go to creative extremes to solve problems: Elope at midnight, stow away on the boat to new zealand and start over, do what they always wanted to do but were afraid to try.

Understanding is a mode of seeing which, in contrast to the eyes which only show limitation, serves as a guide by revealing what you already know.