Paulo Coelho Quotes

You have understood what all great painters understand: in order to forget the rules, you must know them and respect them.

When you say 'yes' to others, make sure you are not saying 'no' to yourself.

I have won important things for myself, but I'm going to destroy them, because I tell myself they have lost their meaning. I know that is not true. I know they are important, and that if I destroy them, I'll be destroying myself, as well.

The warrior of the Light sits around a fire with his companions.

Many people don't allow themselves to love...because there are a lot of things at risk a lot of future and a lot of past.

Life is not about good answers, it is about interesting questions.

People need not fear the unknown if they are capable of achieving what they need and want.

We are responsible for the Universe because we are the Universe.

What makes life interesting are the challenges we face.

It’s what you do in the present that will redeem the past and thereby change the future.

The most powerful hallucinogen in this planet is called Love. Highly Addictive! You will see and hear things that don't exist!

If you want to see a rainbow you have to learn to see the rain.

We are what we believe ourselves to be

Miracles only happen if you believe in miracles.

The happier people can be, the unhappier they are.

The taste of things recovered is the sweetest honey we will ever know.

If there hadn't been a sixth day, man would not exist; copper would always be copper; and lead just lead. It's true that everything has its Personal Legend, but one day that Personal Legend will be realized. So each thing has to transform itself into something better, and to acquire a new Personal Legend, until, someday, the Soul of the World becomes one thing only.

I understand once again that the greatness of God always reveals itself in the simple things.

This is the first teaching of the Knights: You will erase everything you had written in the book of your life up until now: restlessness, uncertainty, lies. And in the place of all this you will write the word courage.

Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle.

I'm not saying that love always takes you to heaven. Your life can become a nightmare. But that said, it is worth taking the risk.

How people treat other people is a direct reflection of how they feel about themselves.

People are all crazy... but the craziest are the ones who never allow themselves to be crazy.

My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer, the boy told the alchemist one night as they looked up at the moonless sky. Tell your heart that the fear of suffering s worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with Eternity.

We all live in our own world. But if you look up at the starry sky - you'll see that all the different worlds up there combine to form constellations, solar systems, galaxies.

Dreaming is very pleasant as long as you are not forced to put your dreams into practice.

The alchemists spent years in their laboratories, observing the fire that purified the metals. They spent so much time close to the fire that gradually they gave up the vanities of the world. They discovered that the purification of the metals had led to a purification of themselves.

Comparing objects like cars, houses, clothes, and defining life according to those comparisons, instead of trying to discover the real reason for being alive.

You are your own best friend. Never ever, put yourself down.

The third indication that our dreams are dead is peace.

What people regard as vanity—leaving great works, having children, acting in such a way as to prevent one's name from being forgotten—I regard as the highest expression of human dignity.

But in the end all religions point to the same light. In between the light and us, sometimes there are too many rules. The light is here and there are no rules to follow this light.

When you are moving toward an objective," said Petrus, "it is very important to pay attention to the road. It is the road that teaches us the best way to get there, and the road enriches us as we walk its length.

Believing everything your child does wrong is entirely down to the company he or she keeps.

Things do not always happen the way I would have wanted, and it's best that I get used to that.

When we turn around & come face to face with our destiny, we discover that words (spoken) are not enough. I know so many people who are brilliant speakers but are quite incapable of practising what they preach. It's one thing to describe a situation & quite another to experience it. I realised a long time ago that a warrior in search of his dream must take his inspiration from what he actually does & not from what he imagines himself doing.

He remembers the five rules of combat set down by Chuan Tzu - faith, companions, time, space and strategy.

Look around. And don't get close to people who make you suffer.

And he never judges someone else's suffering.

Do you know what gives a woman most pleasure within marriage? 'Sex'? ..No, making food. Watching her man eat

I don't regret the painful times; I bare my scars as if they were medals.

When I had my sheep, I was happy, and I made those around me happy. People saw me coming and welcomed me, he thought. But now I'm sad and alone. I'm going to become bitter and distrustful of people because one person betrayed me. I'm going to hate those who have found their treasure because I never found mine. And I'm going to hold on to what little I have, because I'm too insignificant to conquer the world.

You will be loved and respected only if you love and respect yourself.

Once someone asked me, "What do you want to be your epitaph?" So I said, "Paulo Coelho died when he was alive.

It is possible to avoid pain? Yes, but you'll never learn anything. Is it possible to know something without ever having experiencing it? Yes, but it will never truly be part of you.

One never knows what life may have in store for us, and it's always good to know where the emergency exit is.

I don’t believe in God as you imagine Him to be, but I believe in many things that you could never even dream of.

It is necessary to run risks, to follow certain paths and to abandon others. No one can make a choice without feeling fear.