Paulo Coelho Quotes

A Warrior knows that the ends do not justify the means. Because there are no ends, there are only means.

We can never found the soul, just as we can never wound God, but we become imprisoned by our memories, and that makes our lives wretched, even when we have everything we need in order to be happy.

The cup of suffering is not the same size for everyone.

it's best to accept life as it really is and not as I imagined it to be

Success is both an addiction and an enslavement.

Don't give to anyone the power to put you down. Haters are losers pretending to be winners.

Dreams are the language of God.

When you want something with all your heart, that's when you are closest to the Soul of the World. It's always a positive force.

Always saying, "I tried" when you didn't really try at all.

There is only one way to learn... It's through action.

People who are on a spiritual quest don't think, they simply want results.

Stop being yourself and become who u always wanted to be

Wagers and pacts are made with angels - or with devils.

Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.

Death does not allow us to postpone all the things we can experience now.

He accepts his Personal Legend completely.

You will fail many times but in failing you'll learn and in learning you'll find your way. Remember, there are no mistakes in life but only lessons, and lessons will keep on repeating until learned

Time does not pass, it merely changes.

Anxiety was born in the very same moment as mankind. And since we will never be able to master it, we will have to learn to live with it—just as we have learned to live with storms.

That's how love got lost ... when we started laying down rules for when love should or shouldn't appear.

no project is completed until its objective has been achieved.

When you were in love, you were capable of learning everything and of knowing things you had never dared even to think, because love was the key to understanding all of the mysteries.

I prefer to be crazy and happy rather than normal and bitter.

When in doubt, just take the next small step

People only give value to a thing if they have, at some point, been uncertain as to whether or not they'll get it.

Our children must follow in our footsteps; after all, we are older and know about the world.

When I asked you if you wanted to, I was not testing your courage. I was testing your wisdom.

Only those who find life, find treasures.

By changing the way you do routine things you allow a new man to grow inside you.

What is I? It's what you are, not what others make of you.

Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks.

Avoiding depression with large daily doses of television.

Even if loving meant leaving, or solitude, or sorrow, love was worth every penny of its price.

Real love changes and grows with time and discovers new ways of expressing itself.

I don't know what's going to happen to me tomorrow. That's why I don't save my best for last.

I like to be challenged with language, so I start to do texts for my blogs that people can download, can spread. There is no commercial interest behind it. It's only for fun, like doing something that you really enjoy to do. I have texts that I write specifically for the internet and I put them there. I am interested in how readers also respond to the texts that I write to them.

Each human being has his or her own sexual identity and should be able to exercise that identity without guilt as long as they do not force that sexual identity on others.

It's very difficult to read a book on your computer.

I closed my eyes and let the music flow through me, cleansing my soul of all fear and sin and reminding me that I am always better than I think and stronger than I believe.

Whoever wishes to go down a long path, must learn that the first lesson is to overcome early disappointments.

close some doors today. not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because they lead you nowhere

Although I have the colors, only the Lord can mix them with such harmony.

You deserve all the good things that happen to you. Don't feel guilty and accept the blessings.

Never laughing too loudly in a restaurant no matter how good the joke.

The danger of an adventure is worth a thousand days of ease and comfort

It's inevitable to lose from time to time. The point is: don't get used to defeats.

It was all a matter of control. And Choice. Nothing more, nothing less

really important meetings are planned by the souls long before the bodies see each other.