Everybody has to share something. This is one of the most important laws of the human condition, is the necessity to share. This is the task of the writer - but not only of a writer, of every human being - it is to share something that he or she has.
Paulo CoelhoUsing every means possible to show that, although you're just an ordinary human being, you're far above other mortals.
Paulo Coelhoyou must be careful never to allow doubt to paralyze you. always take the decisions you need to take, even if you're not sure you're doing the right thing. You'll never go wrong if, when you make a decision, you keep in mind an old German proverb: 'The devil is in the detail.' Remember that proverb and you'll always be able to turn a wrong decision into a right one.
Paulo CoelhoWhen we love, it is not necessary to understand what is happening outside, because everything happens inside us instead.
Paulo CoelhoHow many of us will be saved the pain of seeing the most important things in our lives disappearing from one moment to the next? I don't just mean people, but our ideas and dreams too: we might survive a day, a week, a few years, but we're all condemned to lose. Our body remains alive, yet sooner or later our soul will receive the mortal blow. The perfect crime - for we don't know who murdered our joy, what their motives were, or where the guilty parties are to be found...they too are the victims of the reality they created.
Paulo CoelhoDon't think about what you've left behind... everything is written in the Soul of the World, and there it will stay forever.
Paulo CoelhoSometimes the warrior feels as if he were living two lives at once. 'There is a bridge that links what I do with what I would like to do,' he thinks. Slowly, his dreams take over his everyday life, and then he realises that he is ready for the thing he always wanted. Then all that is needed is a little daring, and his two lives become one.
Paulo CoelhoDo not forget: seek to win all your battles, including those you fight against yourself. Do not fear the scars. Do not be afraid of victory.
Paulo CoelhoThe two hardest tests on the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what we encounter.
Paulo CoelhoIn order to have faith in his own path, he does not need to prove that someone else's path is wrong.
Paulo CoelhoI am not saying that I am different, but I don't have emotional pain. I may be angry and I may be peaceful, but no emotional pain.
Paulo CoelhoDon't try to be useful. Try to be yourself: that is enough & that makes all the difference.
Paulo CoelhoIt's always necessary to know when a stage of one's life has ended. If you stubbornly cling to it after the need has passed, you lose the joy and meaning of the rest. And you risk being shaken to your senses by God.
Paulo CoelhoMake a promise: now that you have discovered a force that you were not even aware of, tell yourself that from now on you will use this force for the rest of your days. Preferably, also promise to discover another mountain, and set off on another adventure.
Paulo CoelhoShe wasn't afraid of difficulties, what frightened her was having to choose one particular path. Choosing a path meant missing out on others. She had a whole life to live and she was always thinking that, in the future, she might regret the choices she made now.
Paulo CoelhoTry doing something different every day-like talking to the person at the next table to you in a restaurant, visiting a hospital, putting your foot in a puddle, listening to what another person has to say, allowing the energy of love to flow freely, instead of putting it in a jug and standing it in a corner.
Paulo CoelhoHe's seeing my soul, my fears, my fragility, my inability to deal with a world which i pretend to master, but about which I know nothing
Paulo CoelhoEvil had to manifest itself and fulfill its role, so that ultimately Good could prevail. [...] Evil needs to manifest itself, for them to understand the value of Good.
Paulo CoelhoScars are medals branded on the flesh, and your enemies will be frightened by them because they are proof of your long experience of battle.
Paulo CoelhoIf something happens once, it may never happen again. If it happens twice it most likely will keep happening.
Paulo CoelhoWhy don’t people’s hearts tell them to continue following their dreams?” the boy asked the alchemist. “Because that’s what makes a heart suffer most, and hearts don’t like to suffer." From then on, the boy understood his heart. He asked it, please, never to stop speaking to him. He asked that, when he wandered far from his dreams, his heart press him and sound the alarm. The boy swore that, every time he heard the alarm, he would heed its message.
Paulo CoelhoWe must never stop dreaming. Dreams provide nourishment for the soul, just as a meal does for the body.
Paulo CoelhoI am talking to you, but the moment I am talking to you, the universe is being created and destroyed.
Paulo CoelhoShe would consider each day a miracle - which indeed it is, when you consider the number of unexpected things that could happen in each second of our fragile existences.
Paulo CoelhoWhen desire is still in this pure state, the man and the woman fall in love with life, they live each moment reverently, consciously, always ready to celebrate the next blessing. When people feel like this, they are not in a hurry, they do not precipitate events with unthinking actions. They know that the inevitable will happen, that what is real always finds a way of revealing itself. When the moment comes, they do not hesitate, they do not miss an opportunity, they do not let slip a single magic moment, because they respect the importance of each second.
Paulo CoelhoOmens are a language, it's the alphabet we develop to speak to the world's soul, or the universe's, or God's, whatever name you want to give it. Like an alphabet, it is individual, you only learn it by making mistakes, and that keeps you from globalizing the spiritual quest.
Paulo CoelhoLord, bless our week. Help us to take all the necessary risks to become the person we always wanted to be.
Paulo CoelhoOn your journey to your dream, be ready to face oasis and deserts. In both cases, don't stop
Paulo CoelhoI was not encouraged to follow the career of a writer because my parents thought that I was going to starve to death. They thought nobody can make a living from being a writer in Brazil. They were not wrong.
Paulo CoelhoFor the warrior of light there are no ends, only means. Life carries him from unknown to unknown. Each moment is filled with this thrilling mystery: the warrior does not know where he came from or where he is going.
Paulo CoelhoWe need to create a new revolution, and to do that, don’t waste your life: stop pleasing people, and become who you always wanted to be.
Paulo CoelhoFashion is merely a saying: I belong to your world. I'm wearing the same uniform as your army, so don't shoot.
Paulo CoelhoFeelings should always be allowed to be free. You should not judge a future love by past suffering.
Paulo CoelhoThe simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.
Paulo CoelhoYou are someone who is different, but who wants to be the same as everyone else. And that in my view is a serious illness. God chose you to be different. Why are you disappointing God with this kind of attitude?
Paulo CoelhoAs he looked up at the clouds or down at the precipice, he realized that this woman was the most important thing in his life; that she was the explanation, the sole reason for the existence of those rocks, that sky, that winter. If she were not there with him, it wouldn't matter if all the angels of heaven came flying down to comfort him--Paradise would make no sense.
Paulo CoelhoWe must dress according to the dictates of fashion, make love whether we feel like it or not, kill in the name of our country, wish time away so that retirement comes more quickly, elect politicians, complain about the cost of living, change our hairstyle, criticize anyone who's different, go to a religious service and beg forgiveness for our sins and puff ourselves up with pride because we know the truth and despise the other tribe who worships a false god.
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