You can just look at a mountain and get a connection with God, you don't have to understand the mountain to feel that.
Paulo CoelhoWe always have a tendency to see those things that do not exist and to be blind to the great lessons that are right there before our eyes.
Paulo CoelhoFor a writer you have to be interested in different cultures, different backgrounds. You are not there to write only about your village. You're there to show a bit of your village, but also to understand other villages.
Paulo CoelhoGoing after a dream has a price. It may mean abandoning our habits, it may make us go through hardships, or it may lead us to disappointment, et cetera. But however costly it may be, it is never as high as the price paid by people who didn't live. Because one day they will look back and hear their own heart say: 'I wasted my life.'
Paulo Coelho