Paulo Coelho Quotes

I was once more in a time which the things around me were changing and that is how I wanted it to be for the rest of my days.

If you have a past with which you feel dissatisfied, then forget it. Now.

In order to live fully, it is necessary to be in constant movement, only then can each day be different from the last.

Love means sharing the world with someone else.

My aim is to understand love. I know how alive I felt when I was in love, and I know that everything I have now, however interesting it might seem, doesn't really excited me.

Nothing wrong with appearing to be a fool, if what you are doing is intelligent.

Perhaps they needn't even believe - it was enough that they needed angels, and the angels would return gladly.

The desert takes our dreams away from us, and they don't always return.

Everything is worship if your mind is focused on the present moment.

In Eleven Minutes, I started with the question of why sexuality is considered one of the major issues in life.

I realised that you don't have to jump through a series of complicated hoops to achieve a goal.

It's important though to distinguish between religion and spirituality.

When we are living our dream, the difficulties we encounter make sense.

When you drink water, don't forget the fountain.

Fashion may renew itself every six months but one thing remains the same: bouncers always wear black.

Its best to live as if it were the first and last day of my life.

If you never take a risk, you will never know what changes you need to make.

The book is a film that takes place in the mind of the reader. That's why we go to movies and say, "Oh, the book is better."

Everyday was another day spent waiting. Every night was another night when she might meet someone who would recognize her true worth.

When I asked you if you wanted to, I was not testing your courage. I was testing your wisdom.

Because i've suffered. Because many times in my life i have tried to love with all my heart, and my love has wound up being trampled or betrayed.

You are not trying to find the answer to a question, you are simply trying to confirm something you desperately want to believe; That everyone is evil. ” Chantal

People only give value to a thing if they have, at some point, been uncertain as to whether or not they'll get it.

You can't want to be happy, because that's too easy and too boring.

Everyone contributes a word, a sentence, an image, but in the end it all makes sense: the happiness of one becomes the joy of all.

Following fashion trends, however ridiculous or uncomfortable.

Believing that all famous people have tons of money saved up.

Investing a lot of time and money in external beauty and caring little about internal beauty.

Never looking anyone in the eye when you're traveling on public transport, in case it's interpreted as a sign that you're trying to get off with them.

Standing facing the door in an elevator and pretending you're the only person there, no matter how crowded it is.

In the northern hemisphere, always dressing according to the season: bare arms in spring (however cold it is) and woolen jacket in winter (however hot it is).

Using your car as a weapon and impenetrable armor.

Swearing when in heavy traffic.

Believing everything your child does wrong is entirely down to the company he or she keeps.

Marrying the first person who offers you a decent position in society. Love can wait.

Always saying, "I tried" when you didn't really try at all.

Avoiding depression with large daily doses of television.

Believing that you can be sure of everything you've achieved.

Assuming that women don't like football and that men aren't intersted in home decorating and cooking.

Being afraid of having an endoscopy (if you're a man) and giving birth (if you're a woman).

Everything in life is about sharing; it is part of the human condition

Every human being has the right to search for happiness, and by 'happiness' is meant something that makes other people feel content.

All statutes to the contrary are revoked.

We are all different, and should do what we can do te remain so.

Fear reaches only to the point where the unavoidable begins; from there on, it loses its meaning. And all we have left is the hope that we are making the right decision.

The old shepherd was right: The only solution was to forget a part of uncertainty and create a new history for oneself.

That is a question we cannot answer before, or even during, the trials. Only when we have overcome them do we understand why they were there.

The best way to know and destroy an enemy is to pretend to become his friend.

The brave are always stubborn

Suffering has no strength to wound a weary body.