Paulo Coelho Quotes

Man struggles to survive, not to succumb

Where are they written?" "In the world around us. Merely be attentive to what happens in your life, and you will discover where, every moment of the day, He hides His words and His will. Seek to do as He asks: this alone is the reason you are in the world." "If I discover it, I'll write it on clay tablets." "Do so. But write them, above all, in your heart; there they can neither burned nor destroyed, and you will take them wherever you go.

It is said that all people who are happy have God within them.

The boy was beginning to understand that intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life, where the histories of all people are connected, and we are able to know everything, because it's all written there.

Pity those who seek for shepherds, instead of longing for freedom!

The visible is always a mirror of the invisible. The reality is imagined before it manifests itself.

Certain things are so important that they need to be discovered alone.

When we marry, we are authorized to take possession of the other person, body and soul.

A faithless fan can make a team lose a game they have won.

Be like the fountain that overflows, not like the cistern that merely contains.

Writing is one of the most solitary activities in the world.

A great pleasure in life is to do what they say you can't.

Any resistance is not only normal but necessary-it is part of the creative process.

We have been moving along at such a fast pace that we no longer know what we are doing. Now we have to wait until our soul catches up with us.

Haters are confused admirers who can’t understand why everybody else likes you

A warrior knows that the farthest-flung star in the Universe reveals itself in the things around him.

Every human being should know two languages: the language of society and the language of signs. One serves to communicate with other people, the other serves to understand God's messages.

Love does not ask many questions, because with thinking comes fear. This might be the fear of being scorned, of being rejected, or of breaking the spell. However ridiculous this may seem, that is how it is. This is why one does not ask, one acts.

Profound desire, true desire is the desire to be close to someone.

When seen up close, dangers are controllable: when you begin to climb the mountain of your dreams, pay attention to the surroundings. There are cliffs, of course. There are almost imperceptible cracks in the mountain rock. There are stones so polished by storms that they have become as slippery as ice. But if you know where you are placing each footstep, you will notice the traps and how to get around them.

The landscape changes, so enjoy it: of course, you have to have an objective in mind - to reach the top. But as you are going up, more things can be seen, and it's no bother to stop now and again and enjoy the panorama around you. At every meter conquered, you can see a little further, so use this to discover things that you still had not noticed.

The best way to know and destroy an enemy is to pretend to become his friend.

This is what we call love. When you are loved, you can do anything in creation. When you are loved, there's no need at all to understand what's happening, because everything happens within you.

It is the imperfect that astonishes and attracts us.

Follow your dreams and take your risks.

Esther, however, was the only woman who understood one very simple thing: in order to be able to find her, I first had to find myself.

Only he who gives up is defeated. Everyone else is victorious.

Do not struggle against your thoughts; they are stronger than you are. If you want to be free of them, accept them.

Hurry up: your dreams are waiting for you, but they will not wait forever

A person who goes in search of God is wasting his time. he can walk a thousand roads and join many religions and sects- but he'll never find God that way. God is here, right now, at our side. In order to find God, you have to only to look around.

Today, writers want to impress other writers.

In the long run what people think about shepherds and bakers becomes more important for them than their own destinies.

... I simply accept that technology is stronger and more powerful than me: it works when it wants to, and when it doesn't its best to go for a walk, and just wait until the cables and telephone links are in a better mood and the computer decides to work again. I am not, I have discovered, my computers master: it has a life of its own.

He rarely knows the result of a battle when the battle is over.

Insanity is in the eyes of the beholder. So I will continue to live my personal folly.

The Warrior of the Light knows that everyone is afraid of everyone else.

We must be amusing at all times and sneer at those who express their real feelings; it's dangerous for a tribe to allow its members to show their feelings.

A wise person is full of questions. A dull person is full of answers.

The world has a soul and whoever understands that soul can also understand the language of many things.

The old shepherd was right: The only solution was to forget a part of uncertainty and create a new history for oneself.

We, their hearts, become fearful just thinking of loved ones who go away forever, or of moments that could have been good but weren't, or of moments that could have been found but were forever hidden in the sands.

No one could make a choice without feeling afraid.

They were strange books. They spoke about mercury, salt, dragons, and kings, and he didn't understand any of it.

I will never be yours, and you will never be mine; nevertheless, I can honestly say: I love you, I love you, I love you.

LIVE. If you live, god will live with you. If you refuse to run his risks, he'll retreat to that distant heaven and be merely a subject for philosophical speculation.

We can let the energy of love flow instead of placing it in a jar and leaving it aside.

I want to be a writer, not an engineer who writes books.

‎We don't know what we have until we find it.