# Quote — Richard Bach, Bridge Across Forever

> As long as we believe in sequential time, we see becoming, instead of being. Beyond time, we're all one.

- Author: [Richard Bach](https://www.leafyquotes.com/richard-bach.md)
- Book: [Bridge Across Forever](https://www.leafyquotes.com/richard-bach/bridge-across-forever.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/richard-bach/bridge-across-forever/as-long-as-we-believe

## More from this book

> No one does anything uncharacteristic of who they are.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/richard-bach/bridge-across-forever/no-one-does.md)

> There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/richard-bach/bridge-across-forever/there-are-no-mistakes.md)

> That's what learning is, after all; not whether we lose the game, but how we lose and how we've changed because of it and what we take away from it that we never had before, to apply to other games. Losing, in a curious way, is winning.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/richard-bach/bridge-across-forever/thats-what-learning.md)