If I had to give you one piece of advice it would be this: don't be intimidated by other people's opinions.
Paulo CoelhoThe most important thing in all human relationships is conversation, but people don’t talk anymore, they don’t sit down to talk and listen. They go to the theater, the cinema, watch television, listen to the radio, read books, but they almost never talk. If we want to change the world, we have to go back to a time when warriors would gather around a fire and tell stories.
Paulo CoelhoI don't know what to do. I only know that it's taken me years to understand that life was pushing me in a direction I didn't want to go in.
Paulo CoelhoLove is an act of faith, not an exchange. Contradictions are what make love grow. Conflicts are what allow love to remain by our side.
Paulo CoelhoNo one is entirely good or evil; that is what the Warrior thinks when he has a new opponent.
Paulo CoelhoMake each day truly new, dressing it with the blessings of heaven, bathing it in wisdom and love and putting yourself under the protection of Mother Nature. Learn from the wise, from the sacred books, but do not forget that every mountain, river, plant or tree also has something to teach.
Paulo CoelhoNo one can go back, but everyone can go forward. And tommorow, when the Sun rises, all you will have to say to yourself is: I am going to think of this day as the first day of my life.
Paulo CoelhoLife is absolutely insane. Yes, life is insane but the great wisdom lies in choosing your insanity wisely.
Paulo CoelhoMany of us are returning from a long journey during which we were forced to search for things that were of no interest to us. Now we realize that they were false. But this return cannot be made without pain, because we have been away for a long time and feel that we are strangers in out own land. It will take some time to find the friends who also left, and the places where our roots and treasures lie. But this will happen.
Paulo CoelhoOuter beauty is inner beauty made visible, and it manifests itself in the light that flows in our eyes.
Paulo CoelhoShine without guilt. Modesty was invented by the mediocres who think you should be the same as them.
Paulo CoelhoIn the beginning there was only a small amount of injustice abroad in the world, but everyone who came afterwards added their portion, always thinking it was very small and unimportant, and look where we have ended up today.
Paulo CoelhoThey went to university because someone, at a time when universities seemed important, said that in order to rise in the world, you had to have a degree. And thus the world was deprived of some excellent gardeners, bakers, antique dealers, sculptors, and writers.
Paulo CoelhoWe have to stop and be humble enough to understand that there is something called mystery.
Paulo CoelhoWhen I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.
Paulo CoelhoNo one knows what is going to happen in the next few minutes, and yet people still go forward, because they have trust, because they have faith.
Paulo CoelhoI don't regret my painful times, i bare my scars as if they were medals. I know that freedom has a high price, as high as that of slavery; the only difference is that you pay with pleasure and a smile, even when that that smile dimmed by tears
Paulo CoelhoTry to be "good", you'll be judged. Try to be yourself, you'll be criticized. Therefore, choose the second option. Evil uses the "nice good people" as puppets. It appears dressed as a poor guy, telling them that he needs help...When these people realize they have been used, it is already too late.
Paulo CoelhoTo attain his dream, the warrior of light needs a strong will and an enormous capacity for acceptance.
Paulo CoelhoThe warrior of light plunges unhesitatingly into the river of passions always flowing through his life.
Paulo CoelhoLove is not to be found in someone else, but in ourselves; we simply awaken it. But in order to do that, we need the other person. The universe only makes sense when we have someone to share our feelings with.
Paulo CoelhoHaven't you learned anything, not even with the approach of death? Stop thinking all the time that you're in the way, that you're bothering the person next to you. If people don't like it, they can complain. And if they don't have the courage to complain, that's their problem
Paulo CoelhoThe River adapts itself to whatever route prove possible, but the river never forgets its one objective: the sea. So fragile at its source, it gradually gathers the strength of the other rivers in encounters. And, after a certain point, its power is absolute.
Paulo CoelhoYou will not find the treasure of your Personal Legend unless you want to live that Legend.
Paulo CoelhoThe wise men understood that this natural world is only an image and a copy of paradise. The existence of this world is simply a guarantee that there exists a world that is perfect. God created the world so that, through its visible objects, men could understand his spiritual teachings and the marvels of his wisdom.
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