When I asked you if you wanted to, I was not testing your courage. I was testing your wisdom.
Paulo CoelhoWhen he is forced to perform the same task several times, the Warrior uses this tactic and transforms work into prayer.
Paulo CoelhoOddly enough I never used to suffer from depression on cold, gray, cloudy days like this. I feel as if nature is in harmony with me, that it reflected my soul.
Paulo CoelhoWhen I was 40, I wrote my first book, The Pilgrimage, and I said to myself, "why did it take so long for me to write this book?" Because my dream, since I was 10 years old, was to be a writer. I said, I have to revisit my life using a metaphor, and the metaphor was basically this boy that has a dream and has to go far away to realize that his dream is close to him.
Paulo Coelho