Paulo Coelho Quotes

You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it.

Love simply is. [...] Love and don't ask too many questions. Just love.

So you see, Good and Evil have the same face; it all depends on when they cross the path of each individual human being.

Carry in your memory, for the rest of your life, the good things that came out of those difficulties. They will serve as a proof of your abilities and will give you confidence when you are faced by other obstacles.

One day you will wake up & there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now.

I have been told that beauty is the great seducer of men.

Let go of the idea that the path will lead you to your goal. The truth is that with each step we take, we arrive. Repeat that to yourself every morning: 'I've arrived.' That way you'll find it much easier to stay in touch with each second of your day.

Fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself.

The rain is falling ever harder, and all I can hear is the sound of the water. I’m drenched, but I can’t move. I don’t want to leave, because I don’t know where to go

PAIN was no longer a cause of suffering, but a source of pleasure, Because they were redeeming humanity from its sins. Pain becomes joy, the meaning of life, pleasure.

Enjoy the questions because they open many doors. Forget the answers because they always change.

Finally, the Witch justifies her existence by going in search of complete and limitless pleasure.

To the warriors of light, there is no such thing as impossible love. They don’t allow themselves to be intimidated by silence, or by rejection. They know that – behind the icy mask people wear – there is a heart of fire. That is why the warriors risk more than others. They tirelessly seek love – even if this means hearing, many times over, the word ‘no’, returning home defeated, feeling rejected in body and soul. Warriors don’t allow themselves to be discouraged. Without love, live has no meaning.

Sometimes it is impossible to stop the river of life.

I don't care whether it was once sacred or not, I HATE WHAT I DO. It's destroying my soul, making me lose touch with myself, teaching me that pain is a reward, that money buys everything and justifies everything.

My smile is my way of saying: "You can destroy my body, but not my soul.

People make a lot of effort not to remember, not to accept their immense magical potential.

To love is to be in communion with the other and to discover in that other the spark of God.

Everything tells me that I am about to make a wrong decision, but making mistakes is just part of life. What does the world want of me? Does it want me to take no risks, to go back to where I came from because I didn't have the courage to say "yes" to life?

Never looking anyone in the eye when you're traveling on public transport, in case it's interpreted as a sign that you're trying to get off with them.

Temptation said that we all dream of committing crimes, but that only the unbalanced make that macabre idea a reality.

Don't ask permission to be happy. Don't beg for forgiveness. Just do it.

Every road i traveled led back to you

If we resist the temptation to allow other people to define who we are, then we will gradually be able to let the sun inside our own soul shine forth.

She wasn't a victim of fate, she was running her own risks, pushing beyond her own limits, experiencing things which, one day, in the silence of her heart, in the tedium of old age, she would remember almost with nostalgia - however absurd that might seem.

When you close that door to nowhere throw away the key, we have a tendency to look back and regret

We are all masters of our own destinies.

She said she was neither happy nor unhappy, and that was why she couldn't go on. Each person knows the extent of their own suffering, or the total absence of meaning in their lives.

When you know how to use it, disobedience can be a virtue.

The person who is right is the person who is the strongest, in this case, paradoxically, it's the cowards who are the brave ones, and they manage to impose their ideas on everyone else.

Traditional religions practices are important.They allow us to share with others the communal experience of adoration and prayer,but we must never forget spiritual experience is above all a practical experience of love,and with love,there are no rules some may try to control their emotions and develop strategies for their behavior,others may turn to reading books of advice from "experts" on relationships but this is all folly.The heart decides and what it decides is all that really matters.

But love is much like a dam; if you allow a tiny crack to form through which only a trickle of water can pass, that trickle will quickly bring down the whole structure and soon no one will be able to control the force of the current.

Judging yourself to be full of virtue paralyses. Judging yourself to be full of guilt also paralyses.

Be the best, but get ready to be attacked. Only mediocrity is safe.

I am my own best friend and my own worst enemy. Before coming here, I was thinking I don't deserve it, that i wouldn't be able to meet your expectations, and that you had probably chosen the wrong candidate. At the same time, my heart was telling me that i was being rewarded because i hadn't given up and had fought to the end

Don't listen to the malicious comments of those friends who, never taking any risks themselves, can only see other people's failures.

Every search begins with beginner’s luck. And every search ends with the victor’s being severely tested.

Love is the only thing that counts. Love is what keeps the star and the human beings and the world turning around. Love is the force that binds the whole universe together.

Time does not always pass at the same speed. We are the ones who determine that speed.

she considered the possibility of telling her about everything that was happening, but then she changed her mind; people never learn anything by being told; they have to find out for themselves.

The more in harmony with yourself you are, the more joyful you are, and the more faithful you are. Faith is not to disconnect you from reality, it connects you to reality.

A writer is basically someone who shares his or her value or vision of the world.

The glory of the world is transitory, and we should not measure our lives by it, but by the choice we make to follow our personal legend, to believe in our utopias, and to fight for our dreams.

We learn what we need, Not what we'd want to

There are moments when tribulations occur in our lives, and we cannot avoid them. But they are there for some reason.

Treasure is uncovered by the force of flowing water, and it is buried by the same currents.

No one should feel afraid of the unknown. Because everyone is capable of achieving everything he wants and needs.

Love accepts its companion unconditionally and allow each to grow in his or her own way.