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. The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What are you doing? Think about these once in awhile and watch your answers change.
Richard BachAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist, Writer, Philosopher
- Nationality: american
- Born: June 23, 1936
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