Paulo Coelho Quotes

We must never forget that spiritual experience is above all a practical experience of love. And with love, there are no rules.

The end of one stage is only the beginning of another. Any dangers overcome are the necessary preparation to do better in the next stage.

When you possess great treasures within you and try to tell others of them, seldom are you believed.

Finally, the Witch justifies her existence by going in search of complete and limitless pleasure.

Love is the force that brings us back together, in order to condense the experience dispersed in many lives and many parts of the world.

I hate knowing about illness. Whenever I read a medical book, I immediately start to get all the symptoms.

So you see, Good and Evil have the same face; it all depends on when they cross the path of each individual human being.

He had to choose between something he had become accustomed to and something he wanted to have.

A search always starts with Beginner's Luck and ends with the Test of the Conqueror.

Enjoy the questions because they open many doors. Forget the answers because they always change.

The wise are wise only because they love.

The journey towards the top of the mountain is always longer than you think. Don't fool yourself: the moment will come where what seemed to be close to you is in fact still very far away.

So the Warrior fights the Good Fight and he helps others, even though he does not quite understand why.

No one can manipulate anyone else. In any relationship, both parties know what they're doing. even if one complains later on that they were used.

Elegance is achieved when all that is superfluous has been discarded and the human being discovers simplicity and concentration: the simpler and more sober the posture, the more beautiful it will be.

We have to take advantage when luck is on our side, and do as much to help it as it's doing to help us.

I needed to talk about my real personal history, in order to become free of it.

I opened the window and my heart. The sun flooded my house and Love flooded my soul.

Although anxiety is part of life, never let it control you.

May we understand that joy is not a sin, sacrifice is not a virtue.

Dreams nourish the soul just as food nourishes the body. The pleasure of the search and of adventure feeds our dreams.

Life is made of our attitudes. And there are certain things that the gods oblige us to live through. Their reason for this does not matter, and there is no action we can take to make them pass us by.

Life is like Twitter: nobody wants to sign off.

Every Warrior of the Light has failed in his spiritual duties.

The day will come when those knocking at the door will see it open; those who ask will receive; those who weep will be consoled.

It is not a sin to be happy, it is not a virtue to be miserable.

When I had all the answers, the questions changed.

A warrior of light who trusts too much in his intelligence will end up underestimating the power of his opponent.

We tend to seek captivity because we are used to seeing freedom as something that has neither frontiers nor responsibilities.

A flower is not better when it blooms than when it is merely a bud; at each stage it is the same thing — a flower in the process of expressing its potential.

Ever since your goal found out that you were traveling toward it, it has been running to meet you

The universe only makes sense when we have someone to share our feelings with.

You are what you believe yourself to be.

No one should feel afraid of the unknown. Because everyone is capable of achieving everything he wants and needs.

Temptation said that we all dream of committing crimes, but that only the unbalanced make that macabre idea a reality.

Courage is the quality most essential to understanding the language of the world.

When you dance you can enjoy the luxury of being you.

The major religions, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, they deny somehow that God has a feminine face. However, if you go to the holy texts, you see there is this feminine presence.

I feel it's my duty as a human being, as a person who is trying - like everybody else who thinks about the state of the world - to enhance the importance of multicultural connection.

When you find your way you cannot be scared. You need to be brave enough to take wrong steps. The deceptions, failures, lack of enthusiasm, are tools that God places in our way to reveal the path.

No one can lie, no one can hide anything, when he looks directly into someone's eyes.

It's very difficult to read a book on your computer.

Don't be like those people who believe in "positive thinking" and tell themselves that they're loved and strong and capable. You don't need to do that because you know it already.

we’re allowed to make a lot of mistakes in our lives, except the mistake that destroy us

I understand that suffering, when it cannot be avoided, is here to help me on my way to my dreams

Only my insanity keeps me sane in today's world.

How is it possible for the beauty that was there only minutes before to vanish so quickly?

Only he who gives up is defeated. Everyone else is victorious.

To realize one's destiny is a person's only obligation.

Men take the oddest satisfaction in feeling superior without knowing that most of the time they are being utterly predictable.