Paulo Coelho Quotes

I've noticed that loneliness gets stronger when we try to face it down, but gets weaker when we simply ignore it.

Elegance is achieved when all that is superfluous has been discarded and the human being discovers simplicity and concentration: the simpler and more sober the posture, the more beautiful it will be.

Most of the times, aggression will drive your enemy to do something that you are trying to prevent.

We are neither worse nor better than those who eye us critically.

Nobody is worth your tears, and the one who is won't make you cry

Anyone who loves needs to know both how to lose himself and how to find himself.

No life is complete without a touch of madness.

Her heart had already been broken many times over, and yet she still believed she was destined to meet the man of her life.

Don't be like those people who believe in "positive thinking" and tell themselves that they're loved and strong and capable. You don't need to do that because you know it already.

If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine; it is lethal.

Heaven and Earth are meeting in a storm that, when it's over, will leave the air purer and the leaves fertile, but before that happens, houses will be destroyed, centuries- old trees will topple, paradises will be flooded.

Life is a long pilgrimage from fear to love.

The enemy is only a pretext to test our strength

The busiest people I have known in my life always have time enough to do everything. Those who do nothing are always tired and pay no attention to the little amount of work they are required to do. They complain constantly that the day is too short. The truth is, they are afraid to fight the good fight.

if a lie is repeated often enough, it ends up convincing everyone

Emotions are wild horses. It is not explanations that carry us forward, but our will to go on.

Sometimes our power resides not in what we do, but in what we don't do.

Close cycles. Not because of pride or arrogance, but because that no longer fits your life

A best friend is someone with whom you can sit on the porch, without a word, and then walk away with the feeling that it was the best conversation that ever had in your life. I would like to see next to me was the man in whose presence my heart beat would be evenly and uniformly, the man next to whom I would be calm, because I was not afraid to be the next day to lose him. And the time would have flowed more slowly, and we could just keep quiet, knowing that to talk with us there is still a whole life. Only one thing makes a dream impossible - it is the fear of failure.

Love can consign us to hell or to paradise, but it always takes us somewhere.

Your eyes show the strength of your soul.

What we see is not always what exists.

Perhaps they needn't even believe - it was enough that they needed angels, and the angels would return gladly.

Our sexual energy, when not properly mastered, is transformed into anger.

Defeat ends when we launch into another battle. Failure has no end: it is a lifetime choice.

Don't allow anyone to steal your joy.

Nothing wrong with appearing to be a fool, if what you are doing is intelligent.

Change. But start slowly, because direction is more important than speed

Words are tears that have been written down. Tears are words that need to be shed. Without them, joy loses all its brilliance and sadness has no end.

He knows that he must act, but he must allow room for the Universe to act too.

Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what is best for me.

Believing that other people are always better than you-better-looking, more capable, richer, more intelligent-and that it's very dangerous to step outside your own limits, so it's best to do nothing.

Follow your dreams, transform your life.

A Warrior is never in a hurry.

Then there are those who plant. they endure storms and all the many vicissitudes of the seasons, and they rarely rest. But, unlike a building, a garden never stops growing. And while it requires the gardener's constant attention, it also allows life for the gardener to be a great adventure.

Even if I live not in a big city, even if I detest to go to parties, I love street fairs and long conversations with people in the countryside.

Only children believe they're capable of everything.

Life has been very hard on me, but, at the same time, it has taught me a great deal.

You don't need to climb a mountain to know that it's high.

I learned long ago that in order to heal my wounds, I must have the courage to face up with them.

Elegance is accepted and admired because it makes no effort to be elegant.

People are very reluctant to talk about their private lives but then you go to the internet and they're much more open.

behind the mask of ice that people wear, there beats a heart of fire.

As a writer I have to find platforms that can use this writing process. The internet is one of them.

If you're asking me if I like your company, the answer is yes. If, on the other hand, you're asking me if I could live without you, the answer is also yes.

Suffering occurs when we want other people to love us in the way we imagine we want to be loved, and not in the way that love should manifest itself--free and untrammeled, guiding us with its force and driving us on.

Whenever someone dies, a part of the universe dies too. Everything a person felt, experience and saw dies with them, like tears in the rain.

Faith parries all blows. Faith transforms poison into crystalline water.