we have to listen to the child we once were, the child who still exists inside us. That child understands magic moments. We can stifle its cries, but we cannot silence its voice.The child we once were is still there. Blessed are the children, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.If we are not reborn if we cannot learn to look at life with the innocence and the enthusiasm o childhood it makes no sense to go on living.
Paulo CoelhoA Warrior of Light values a child's eyes because they are able to look at the world without bitterness. When he wants to find out if the person beside him is worthy of his trust, he tries to see him as a child would
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 CoelhoI came to realize that I was always looking for myself in the women I loved. I looked at their lovely, clean faces, and saw myself reflected in them. They, on the other hand, looked at me and saw the dirt on my face and, however intelligent and self confident they were, they ended up seeing themselves reflected in me and thinking that they were worse than they were. Please don't let that happen to you.
Paulo CoelhoBefore there was a proper understanding and a sense of God's presence, the idea that everything would one day end was utterly desolating.
Paulo CoelhoPitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks. Perhaps this person will never be disappointed or disillusioned; perhaps she wonโt suffer the way people do when they have a dream to follow. But when that person looks back โ and at some point everyone looks back โ she will hear her heart saying, โWhat have you done with the miracles that God planted in your days? What have you done with the talents God bestowed on you? You buried yourself in a cave because you were fearful of losing those talents. So this is your heritage; the certainty that you wasted your life.
Paulo Coelho