You shouldn't have asked," I said. "Love doesn't ask many questions, because if we stop to think we become fearful. It's an inexplicable fear; it's difficult even to describe it. Maybe it's the fear of being scorned, of not being accepted, or of breaking the spell. It's ridiculous, but that's the way it is. That's why you don't ask-you act. As you've said many times, you have to take risks.
Paulo CoelhoIf you want to achieve your objectives, you have to be prepared for a daily dose of pain or discomfort. At first, it's unpleasant and demotivating, but in time you come to realise that it's part of the process of feeling good, and the moment arrives when, if you don't feel pain, you have a sense that the exercises aren't having the desired effect.
Paulo CoelhoWalk neither faster nor slower than your own soul. Because it is your soul that will teach you the usefulness of each step you take.
Paulo Coelho...it was dangerous to overflow because we might end up finding ourselves occupied by our loved ones and drowning them with our love and enthusiasm.
Paulo CoelhoThe power of storytelling is exactly this: to bridge the gaps where everything else has crumbled.
Paulo CoelhoVanity of vanities, all is vanity, and there is nothing new under the sun, as Solomon said more than three thousand years ago.
Paulo CoelhoIf you say it was the "last" time, it might well turn out to be the last. What you meant was "the most recent time I was here".
Paulo CoelhoThe roller-coaster is my life; life is a fast, dizzying game; life is a parachute jump; it’s taking chances, falling over and getting up again; it’s mountaineering; it’s wanting to get to the very top of yourself and feeling angry and dissatisfied when you don’t manage it
Paulo CoelhoWhen faced by any loss, there’s no point in trying to recover what has been, it’s best to take advantage of the large space that opens up before us and fill it with something new.
Paulo CoelhoBy the River Piedra I sat down and wept. There is a legend that everything that falls into the waters of this river -- leaves, insects, the feathers of birds -- is transformed into the rocks that make the riverbed. If only I could tear out my heart and hurl it into the current, then my pain and longing would be over, and I could finally forget.
Paulo CoelhoI must have no fear of failure. It was my fear of failure that first kept me from attempting the Master Work.
Paulo CoelhoA man has to choose. This is where lies his strength: in the power of his decisions. If you choose to follow the path of your dreams, commit yourself to it. Accept your path.
Paulo CoelhoOpen your heart and listen to what it is telling you. Follow your dreams, because only a man who is unashamed of himself can manifest the glory of God.
Paulo CoelhoLove is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning. Dream is also just a word until you decide to fight for it with all your enthusiasm and commitment
Paulo CoelhoI think the more information you can get, the better you can find information for your own purposes.
Paulo CoelhoDespising anything that was easy to achieve because if no sacrifice was involved, it obviously isn't worth having.
Paulo CoelhoRespect your body: you can only climb a mountain if you give your body the attention it deserves. You have all the time that life grants you, as long as you walk without demanding what can't be granted. If you go too fast you will grow tired and give up half way there. If you go too slow, night will fall and you will be lost. Enjoy the scenery, take delight in the cool spring water and the fruit that nature generously offers you, but keep on walking.
Paulo CoelhoEven if it is only for a matter of moments, because those moments bring with them a Love so intense that it justifies the rest of our days.
Paulo CoelhoEveryday was another day spent waiting. Every night was another night when she might meet someone who would recognize her true worth.
Paulo CoelhoTrue love does not consist in trying to correct others, but in feeling joy that things are better than we expected.
Paulo Coelhosigns are an extremely personal language that we develop throughout our lives, by trial and error, until we begin to understand that God is guiding us.
Paulo CoelhoIt may arrive in the instant when we are doing something mundane, like putting our front-door key in the lock; it may lie hidden in the quiet that follows the lunch hour or in the thousand and one things that all seem the same to us.
Paulo CoelhoMy aim is to understand love. I know how alive I felt when I was in love, and I know that everything I have now, however interesting it might seem, doesn't really excited me.
Paulo CoelhoThere is only one way to learn. It's through action. Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey.
Paulo CoelhoYou are not trying to find the answer to a question, you are simply trying to confirm something you desperately want to believe; That everyone is evil. ” Chantal
Paulo CoelhoSomewhere you are holding the person I love," the boy said. "So, when I look out over your sands, I am also looking at her. I want to return to her, and I need your help so that I can turn myself into the wind.
Paulo CoelhoBecause we managed to keep our heart open, despite the pain. Because we realized that the person who left us did not take the sun with them or leave darkness in their place.
Paulo CoelhoGoing after a dream has a price. It may mean abandoning our habits, it may make us go through hardships, or it may lead us to disappointment, et cetera. But however costly it may be, it is never as high as the price paid by people who didn't live. Because one day they will look back and hear their own heart say: 'I wasted my life.'
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