Paulo Coelho Quotes

Why don't people's hearts tell them to continue to follow their dreams? [...] Because that's what makes a heart suffer most, and hearts don't like to suffer.

Hide your craziness behind a beautiful smile. That's all you need.

Defeat exists but not suffering. A true warrior knows that when he loses a battle, he is improving the skill with which he wields a sword. He will be able to fight more skilfullly next time.

But if I don’t think about love, I will be nothing.

True love allows each person to follow his or her own path, aware that doing so can never drive them apart.

Don't say maybe if you want to say no.

I think it is a problem of our society that we don't enjoy (ourselves.) We have these values, like, you have to be rich, you have to get a diploma, you have to work hard, otherwise you are useless, you are nothing but a pariah. And the book asks, 'Is it true? This is what my mom told me, but is it true?

I cannot lose the one thing that keeps me alive : hope -

There is a huge difference between danger and fear.

Intense, unexpected suffering passes more quickly than suffering that is apparently bearable; the latter goes on for years and, without our noticing, eats away at our souls, until, one day, we are no longer able to free ourselves from the bitterness and it stays with us for the rest of our lives.

The only trap I must beware not to fall into, is to think that each day is the same as the next. In fact, each morning brings with it a hidden miracle, and we must pay attention to this miracle.

Only the defeated know LOVE. because it is in the realm of love that we fight our first battles - and generally lose.

It's a good idea always to do something relaxing prior to making an important decision in your life.

For a writer you have to be interested in different cultures, different backgrounds. You are not there to write only about your village. You're there to show a bit of your village, but also to understand other villages.

Well, to find, not the meaning of life because I believe in mysteries, I believe that there is a mystery that goes far beyond our understanding.

If you act like a victim, you are likely to be treated as one.

I have inside me the winds, the deserts, the oceans, the stars, and everything created in the universe. We were all made by the same hand, and we have the same soul.

Everybody has a creative potential and from the moment you can express this creative potential, you can start changing the world.

Ester asked why people are sad. "That’s simple," says the old man. "They are the prisoners of their personal history. Everyone believes that the main aim in life is to follow a plan. They never ask if that plan is theirs or if it was created by another person. They accumulate experiences, memories, things, other people's ideas, and it is more than they can possibly cope with. And that is why they forget their dreams.

I like to use the term alchemy, which is the soul of the world, or those of Jung's collective unconscious. You connect with a space where everything is.

A life is never useless. Each soul that came down to Earth is here for a reason.

When life makes us face difficult situations-such as a personal loss-we have to understand that eternity is taking one more step.

Closing cycles. Not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because that no longer fits your life. Shut the door, change the record, clean the house, shake off the dust. Stop being who you were, and change into who you are.

When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It's very simple.

We warriors of light must be prepared to have patience in difficult times and to know that the Universe is conspiring in our favor, even though we may not understand how.

God is love, generosity and forgiveness; if we believe in this, we will never allow our weaknesses to paralyse us.

Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.

In his or her life, each person can take one of two attitudes: to build or to plant. Builders may take years over their tasks, but one day they will finish what they are doing. Then they will stop, hemmed in by their own walls. Life becomes meaningless once the building is finished. Those who plant suffer the storms and the seasons and rarely rest. Unlike a building, a garden never stops growing. And by its constant demands on the gardner's attentions, it makes of the gardener's life a great adventure.

The moment we begin to seek love, love begins to seek us. And to save us.

He sometimes behaves like water, flowing around the obstacles he encounters.

The Warrior of the Light pays attention to small things because they can severely hamper him.

Love is joy. Don't convince yourself that suffering is a part of it.

Happiness: there are a series of rules, and if you fail to follow them, your conscious mind will refuse to accept the idea that you're happy.

Warriors always have a certain gleam in their eyes.

Be crazy! But learn how to be crazy without being the center of attention. Be brave enough to live different.

...in all the woods and forests, God did not create a single leaf the same as any other... People go against nature because they lack the courage to be different.

Sometimes it's better to leave things as they are, he thought to himself, and decided to say nothing.

I came to realize that I was always looking for myself in the women I loved. I looked at their lovely, clean faces, and saw myself reflected in them. They, on the other hand, looked at me and saw the dirt on my face and, however intelligent and self confident they were, they ended up seeing themselves reflected in me and thinking that they were worse than they were. Please don't let that happen to you.

Reason is afraid of defeat, But intuition enjoys challenges

Anything a man does can bring him closer to the Supreme Wisdom, as long as he works with Love in his heart.

A warrior of the Light does not rely on strength alone; he makes use of his opponent's energy, too.

Believing that your parents are always right.

When we feel weak, all we have to do is wait a little while. The spring returns and the winter snows melt and fill us with new energy.

A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires.

Nothing will behave in the logical way you have come to expect.

We must get rid of the idea of fulfilling what people expect us to do, and start to do what we expect from our lives.

Anyone who is in love is making love the whole time, even when they're not.

If you understand life...you MUST be misinformed!