The dunes are changed by the wind, but the desert never changes. That's the way it will be with our love for each other
Paulo CoelhoAs long as you still have one bridge left, nothing is lost. But from the moment that you cannot even understand the storytelling or the music of other cultures anymore, then we become strangers to each other and the situation will become very complicated.
Paulo CoelhoThe Lord often has his prophets climb mountains to converse with Him. I always wondered why He did that, and now I know the answer: when we are on high, we can see everything else as small. Our glory and sadness lose their importance. Whatever we conquered or lost remains there below. From the heights of the mountain, you see how large the world is, and how wide its horizons.
Paulo CoelhoThe wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love.
Paulo CoelhoIf a man we don't know phones us up one day and talks a little, makes no suggestions, says nothing special, but nevertheless pays us the kind of attention we rarely receive, we're quite capable of going to bed with him that night, feeling relatively in love. That's what we women are like, and there's nothing wrong with that - it's the nature of the female to open herself to love easily.
Paulo CoelhoIf u behave differently, u will be expelled from the tribe because u can infect others and destroy something that was extremely difficult to organize in the first place.
Paulo CoelhoThe future belongs to God, and it is only he who reveals it, under extraordinary circumstances.
Paulo CoelhoIt is hereby decreed that the wall separating the sacred and the profane be toen down. From now on everything is sacred.
Paulo CoelhoThe eyes are the mirror of the soul and reflect everything that seems to be hidden; and like a mirror, they also reflect the person looking into them.
Paulo CoelhoSometimes, we are so attached to our way of life that we turn down wonderful opportunities simply because don't know what to do with it.
Paulo CoelhoSometimes, we need to be strangers to ourselves. Then the hidden light in our soul will illuminate what we need to see.
Paulo CoelhoI was once more in a time which the things around me were changing and that is how I wanted it to be for the rest of my days.
Paulo CoelhoLong since, the desert wind wiped away our footprints in the sand. But at every second of my existence, I remember what happened, and you still walk in my dreams and in my reality. Thank you for having crossed my path.
Paulo CoelhoOnce in a mental hospital, a person grows used to the the freedom that exists in the world of insanity and becomes addicted to it.
Paulo CoelhoPeople say strange things, the boy thought. Sometimes it's better to be with the sheep, who don't say anything. And better still to be alone with one's books. They tell their incredible stories at the time when you want to hear them. But when you're talking to people, they say some things that are so strange that you don't know how to continue the conversation.
Paulo CoelhoJoin with those who sing songs, tell stories, enjoy life ... because happiness is contagious. Join those who walk with their heads high even when they have tears in their eyes. Avoid those who ... have never shed a tear
Paulo Coelhoshe wanted to dance with someone who would embrace her in the way she dreamed of since adolescence.
Paulo CoelhoDon't let anyone make you feel that you don't deserve the good things that happen in your life
Paulo CoelhoYou still haven't managed to heal the scars left by some of the injustices committed against you in your life and it doesn't do you any good. All it does is feed a constant desire to feel sorry for yourself, because you were the victim of people stronger than you. Or else it makes you go to the other extreme and disguise yourself as an avenger ready to strike out at the people who hurt you. Isn't that a waste of time?...It is human, but it's not intelligent or reasonable.
Paulo CoelhoI was content in my universe and didn't want to change it at all, even though I was being propelled in that direction.
Paulo CoelhoThe Lord heareth the prayers of those who ask to put aside hatred. But he is deaf to those who would flee from love.
Paulo CoelhoAll religions lead to the same God, and all deserve the same respect. Anyone who chooses a religion is also choosing a collective way for worshipping and sharing the mysteries. Nevertheless, that person is the only one responsible for his or her actions along the way and has no right to shift responsibility for any personal decisions on to that religion.
Paulo CoelhoAnyone who tries to imprison love will cut off the spring that feeds it, and the trapped water will grow stagnant and rank.
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