Happiness is just another of the tricks that our genetic system plays on us to carry out its only role, which is the survival of the species.
Paulo CoelhoEverything which is done in the present, affects the future by consequence, and the past by redemption.
Paulo CoelhoForget everything you've ever learned about the stars and they'll once more be transformed into angels, or into children, or into whatever you want to believe at that moment. It won't make you more stupid - after all, it's only a game - but it could enrich your life.
Paulo CoelhoWe are afraid of losing what we have, whether it's our life or our possessions and property. But this fear evaporates when we understand that our life stories and the history of the world were written by the same hand.
Paulo CoelhoIn a forest of a hundred thousand trees, no two leaves are alike. And no two journeys along the same path are alike.
Paulo CoelhoOnce upon a time, there was a prostitute called Maria. Wait a minute. "Once upon a time" is how all the best children's stories begin, and "prostitute" is a word for adults. How can I start a book with this apparent contradiction? But since, at every moment of our lives, we all have one foot in a fairy tale and the other in the abyss, let's keep that beginning.
Paulo Coelho