Paulo Coelho Quotes

None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, yet still we go forward. Because we trust. Because we have Faith.

I simply believe that a book has a journey to make, and should not be condemned to being stuck on a shelf… Let’s leave our books free to travel, then, to be touched by other hands, and enjoyed by other eyes.

Bodies always understand each other, even when the souls do not.

When 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.

but something always went wrong, and the relationship would end precisely at the moment when she was sure that this was the person with whom she wanted to spend the rest of her life. After a long time, she came to the conclusion that men brought only pain, frustration, suffering and a sense of time dragging.

You don't need to explain your dreams. They belong to you.

When he wins the battle, the Warrior celebrates.

It is always far easier to have faith in your own goodness than to confront others ad fight for your rights.

Happiness is something that multiplies when it is divided.

But how will I know who my Soulmate is?” Brida felt that this was one of the most important questions she had ever asked in her life. By taking risks’ she said to Brida. ‘ By risking failure, disappointment, disillusion, but never ceasing in you search for Love. As long as you keep looking, you will triumph in the end.

What really matters in a pencil is not its wooden exterior, but the graphite inside. So always pay attention to what is happening inside you.

I think bridges have a special meaning in our life. I think a book is a bridge. Any type of art is a bridge that allows different cultures to connect. You may not understand your neighbour's way of seeing life, but you sure understand your neighbour's joy in painting or dancing.

Lovers need to know how to lose themselves and then how to find themselves again.

I am not happy, and the quest for happiness as a principal objective is not part of my world. Of course, ever since I can remember, I have done what I felt like doing.

Feelings form part of a world in which time, space and frontiers do not exist.

To realize one's destiny is a person's only obligation.

The future would end up finding out the truth about the past.

Over-anxiety ultimately banishes every trace of joy from life.

She wants to drink that man too, and then she can forget forever the cheap wine that you gulp down and that makes you feel drunk, but always leaves you with a headache and an empty space in your soul.

No one can hit their target with their eyes closed.

He has the qualities of a rock.

No one is alone during tribulations - there's always someone else thinking, rejoicing or suffering in the same way. This thought gives us strength to face the challenge that lies in front of us.

This was the kiss I had waited for so long - a kiss born by the river of our childhood, when we didn't yet know what love meant. A kiss that had been suspended in the air as we grew, that had traveled in the world in the sovenier of a medal, and that had remained hidden behind piles of books. A kiss that had been lost and now was found. In the moment of that kiss were years of searching, disillusionment and impossible dreams.

We often don’t realize that the extraordinary is to be found in the lives of ordinary people.

Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure. You've got to find the treasure, so that everything you have learned along the way can make sense.

Books are not about messages. I write to understand my soul

I savour the idea of my new state: single and a millionaire.

Everything is worship if your mind is focused on the present moment.

But no one can lose sight of what he desires. Even if there are moments when he believes the world and the others are stronger. The secret is this: do not surrender.

The strongest love is the love that can demonstrate its fragility.

Only someone who can say 'I love you' is capable of saying 'I forgive you.

Love simply is. That is the testament of Athena or Sherine or Hagia Sofia - love is. No definitions. Love and don't ask too many questions. Just love.

If you pay close attention to each day, you will discover the magic moment.

He is now walking from his dream.

Life is like a garden, you reap what you sow

Going to a charity tea party and thinking that you've done your bit toward putting an end to social inequity in the world.

If you must say yes, say it with an open heart. If you must say no, say it without fear.

In adolescence she thought it was too early to choose, now in youth she was convinced it was too late to change.

If I had a choice, if I had understood earlier that the reason my days were all the same was because I wanted them like that, perhaps.

There is only one difference between teacher and disciple: the former is slightly less afraid than the latter.” ~Deidre O’Neill, known as Edde (p. 213)

Of course. My sadness has become a routine that no one notices anymore.

When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream.

I opened the window and my heart. The sun flooded my house and Love flooded my soul.

Life can seem short or life can seem long, depending on how you live it.

Human beings can withstand a week without water, two weeks without food, many years of homelessness, but not loneliness. It is the worst of all tortures, the worst of all sufferings.

And a mistake repeated more than once is a decision.

Walking is almost as important as breathing, for me.

Fear reaches only to the point where the unavoidable begins; from there on, it loses its meaning. And all we have left is the hope that we are making the right decision.