It takes a huge effort to free yourself from memory, but when you succeed, you start to realize that youโre capable of far more than you imagined. You live in this vast body called the Universe, which contains all the solutions and all the problems. Visit your soul; donโt visit your past. The Universe goes through many mutations and carries the past with it. We call each of those mutations a โlife,โ but just as the cells in your body change and yet you remain the same, so time does not pass, it merely changes.
Paulo CoelhoCertainly. But take this into consideration: of every ten problems we have, nine are created by our own selves - through guilt, self-punishment, self-pity. However, from time to time a great obstacle appears in our path, which was put there by God, and which is there for a reason. The reason is: to give us the opportunity to change everything, to move forwards.
Paulo CoelhoLearning something means coming into contact with a world of which you know nothing. In order to learn, you must be humble.
Paulo CoelhoSometimes we have only ten minutes to be with the love of our life and thousands of hours to spend thinking about them.
Paulo CoelhoIf you must say yes, say it with an open heart. If you must say no, say it without fear.
Paulo CoelhoIntense, unexpected suffering passes more quickly than suffering that is apparently bearable; the latter goes on for years and, without our noticing, eats away at our souls, until, one day, we are no longer able to free ourselves from the bitterness and it stays with us for the rest of our lives.
Paulo Coelho