Paulo Coelho Quotes
In order not to suffer, you had to renounce love. It was like putting out your own eyes in order not to see the bad things in life.
Defeat exists but not suffering. A true warrior knows that when he loses a battle, he is improving the skill with which he wields a sword. He will be able to fight more skilfullly next time.
Victories and defeats form part of everyone's life - everyone, that is, except cowards, as you call them, because they never lose or win.
Believing that power is much more important than money and that money is much more important than happiness.
A Warrior of Light needs love. Love and affection are part of his nature. He makes use of solitude, but is not used by it.
Never miss an opportunity to show your love, especially to those close to you, because we are always at our most cautious with them for fear of being hurt.
Once someone asked me, "What do you want to be your epitaph?" So I said, "Paulo Coelho died when he was alive.
In the long run what people think about shepherds and bakers becomes more important for them than their own destinies.
Because you believed I was capable of behaving decently, I did.
People no longer try to decipher the mystery of life but choose instead to be a part of it.
We are not worshipping anyone or anything, we are simply communing with creation.
I understand once again that the greatness of God always reveals itself in the simple things.
But human beings are like that, she thought. We've replaced nearly all our emotions with fear.
Because when everyone dreams, but only a few realize their dreams, that makes cowards of us all.
fanaticism is the only way to put an end to the doubts that constantly trouble the human soul.
We can't choose our lives, but we can decide what to do with the joys or griefs we're given.
That was a matter suspended between heaven and earth, awaiting the hand of destiny.
And one more thing: you still believe that man can be good. If that weren't the case, you wouldn't have invented all this nonsense to convince yourself otherwise.
When we venture in that unfamiliar sea, we trust blindly in those who guide us, believing that they know more than we do.
No matter how you are feeling, get up every morning and prepare to let your light shine forth.
If we are alone, we become more alone. Life is strange
Personal growth has its price, and she was paying it without complaint.
But how to explain suffering because of a man? It's not explainable. With that kind of suffering, a person feels as if they're in hell, because there is no nobility, no greatness - only misery.
Feelings do not grow old along with the body. Feelings form part of a world I don’t know, but it’s a world where there’s no time, so space, no frontiers.
When I took the pills, I wanted to kill someone I hated. I didn't know that other Veronikas existed inside me, Veronikas that I could love.
it's best to accept life as it really is and not as I imagined it to be
They were so ignorant, so naive, so resigned to their lot. They refused to believe anything that didn't fit in with what they were used to believing.
Writing means sharing. It's part of the human condition to want to share things - thoughts, ideas, opinions.
A lot of people think something is right, and so that thing becomes right.
