Why do we have to listen to our hearts?โ the boy asked, when they had made camp that day. โBecause, wherever your heart is, that is where youโll find your treasure.โ โBut my heart is agitated,โ the boy said. โIt has its dreams, it gets emotional, and itโs become passionate over a woman of the dessert. It asks things of me, and it keeps me from sleeping many nights when Iโm thinking about her.โ โWell, thatโs good. Your heart is alive. Keep listening to what it has to say.
Paulo CoelhoCarry in your memory, for the rest of your life, the good things that came out of those difficulties. They will serve as a proof of your abilities and will give you confidence when you are faced by other obstacles.
Paulo CoelhoIf the whole world is evil, then the tragedy that befell you is justified," she went on. "That would make it easier for you to accept the deaths of your wife and daughters. But if good people do exist, then, however much you deny it, your life will be unbearable; because fate set a trap for you, and you know you didn't deserve it. It isn't the light you want to recover, it's the certainty that there is only darkness.
Paulo Coelho