Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Character in Jonathan Livingston Seagull From: Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Protagonist seagull and spiritual seeker pursuing perfection in flight

79 quotes

"Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding."
Wisdom
"The gull sees farthest who flies highest."
"It is a curious thing that religious people never laugh at themselves."
Humor
"The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible."
Courage
"I am not limited by this body's abilities."
"The meaning of life is that it is to be lived, not to exist."
Life
"The more I try to show how easy it is, the more difficult it seems to become."
"It is better to strive for something and fail than to be content in your mediocrity."
Motivation
"That's what the real enemy is, I think. It's the simplest thing of all. When we stop trying, we start dying."
Perseverance
"The true measure of a life is in its purpose, not in its years."
Life
"There is no such thing as a beginning or an end, only an infinite journey."
Philosophy
"Flight is really just a state of mind."
"One cannot teach what one does not understand oneself."
"The highest purpose of a life is to show others what is possible."
"Do not follow me, for you will only follow my mistakes."
Leadership
"Fear is only the illusion of a limit."
Courage
"The only true failure is not trying."
Perseverance
"The purpose of practice is not perfection; it is understanding."
Education
"The moment you stop trying is the moment you have truly failed."
Motivation
"A life without purpose is merely existing, not living."
"The greatest gift you can give another is to show them their own potential."
Kindness
"Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation."
Faith
"The only authority that I obey is one that knows better than I know about myself."
Leadership
"To fly as fast as thought, to anywhere that is."
Dreams
"Break the chains of ordinary thought."
Imagination
"Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation."
Faith
"The only true law is that which leads one to believe in oneself."
Philosophy
"To fly as fast as thought, to anywhere that is."
Dreams
"Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation."
"There is no such thing as limitations, unless you believe in them."