This is a story for people who follow their hearts and make their own rules...people who get special pleasure out of doing something well, even if only for themselves...people who know there's more to this living than meets the eye: they'll be right there with Jonathan, flying higher and... read more
The book tells the story of Jonathan Livingston Seagull, a seagull who is bored with the daily squabbles over food. Seized by a passion for flight, he pushes himself, learning everything he can about flying, until finally his unwillingness to conform results in his expulsion from his flock. An... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
“You have the freedom to be yourself, your true self, here and now, and nothing can stand in your way”
“Such promises are only for the gulls that accept the ordinary. One who has touched excellence in his learning has no need of that kind of promise.”
“The one who sees farthest flies highest.”
“Who is more responsible than a gull who finds and follows meaning, a higher purpose for life? For a thousand years we have scrabbled after fish heads, but now we have a reason to live – to learn, to discover, to be free!”
“Jonathan Seagull discovered that boredom and fear and anger are the reasons that gull’s life is so short and with these gone from his thought, he lived a long fine life indeed.”
“The gulls who scorn perfection for the sake of travel go nowhere, slowly. Those who put aside travel for the sake of perfection go anywhere, instantly.”
Break the chains of your thought, and you break the chains of your body, too….”Highlighted by 79 Kindle customers
we choose our next world through what we learn in this one. Learn nothing, and the next world is the same as this one, all the same limitations and lead weights to overcome.”Highlighted by 68 Kindle customers
“To fly as fast as thought, to anywhere that is,” he said, “you must begin by knowing that you have already arrived.”Highlighted by 66 Kindle customers
Don’t believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding, find out what you already know, and you’ll see the way to fly.”Highlighted by 62 Kindle customers
Heaven is not a place, and it is not a time. Heaven is being perfect.”Highlighted by 54 Kindle customers
“The only true law is that which leads to freedom,” Jonathan said. “There is no other.”Highlighted by 46 Kindle customers
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