People who are on a spiritual quest don't think, they simply want results.

The day will come when those knocking at the door will see it open; those who ask will receive; those who weep will be consoled.

After weeks on the road, listening to a language you don’t understand, using a currency whose value you don’t comprehend, walking down streets you’ve never walked down before, you discover that your old “I,” along with everything you ever learned, is absolutely no use at all in the face of those new challenges, and you begin to realize that buried deep in your unconscious mind there is someone much more interesting and adventurous and more open to the world and to new experiences.

The warrior knows that the most important words in all languages are the small words. Yes. Love. God. They are words that are easy enough to say and which fill vast empty spaces.

Once someone asked me, "What do you want to be your epitaph?" So I said, "Paulo Coelho died when he was alive.

It’s not always enough to be forgiven by someone, in most cases we have to forgive ourselves first.

We must never make our parents sad, even if this means giving up everything that makes us happy.