Chiang

Character in Jonathan Livingston Seagull From: Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Wise mentor figure representing enlightenment and transcendence

67 quotes

"You are perfect as you are, right now."
Wisdom
"To fly as fast as thought, to anywhere that is, you must begin by knowing that you have already arrived."
"The price of perfection is a price which I do not pay."
Wisdom
"True knowledge is knowing what you truly know and what you do not."
Knowledge
"Heaven is not a place, and it is not a time. Heaven is being perfect."
Faith
"Break the chains of your thought, and you break the chains of your body."
"It is impossible to truly live while refusing to die."
Philosophy
"Everyone is born with the light of one's true way inside."
"You will begin to touch heaven when you understand that the purpose of your life is joy."
Happiness
"You choose to believe that you are limited by your nature, but this is only a choice."
"To understand more is not always to know more."
Wisdom
"Your body is not separate from your spirit; they are the same."
Philosophy
"What takes time is learning to know yourself."
"The path of mastery is the path of simplicity."
Wisdom
"Your true nature is far greater than you can imagine."
"There is no speed limit but the speed at which you understand yourself."
"Love is the only true law of life."
Love
"Your past does not define your future unless you allow it to."
Freedom
"Truth is not found in words; it is found in understanding."
Truth
"There are no limits except those you accept."
Freedom
"You have the freedom to be yourself, your true self, here and now."
Freedom
"Here is a very interesting thing to think about: every question that you think is unanswered only means you don't like the answer you've already been given."
Wisdom
"The only true law is that which leads to freedom."
Freedom
"You will begin to touch heaven, Jonathan, in the moment that you touch perfect speed."
Dreams
"There is no such thing as the Present Moment. There is always more time."
Time
"Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself."
Truth
"The reason you're always tired is that you're torn between where you think you should be and where you actually are."
Peace
"Perspective. That's it. Everything that matters is in perspective."
Wisdom
"That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is."
Love
"We choose our next world through what we learn in this one."
Education