Paulo Coelho Quotes

Because of that she had never had enough energy to be herself, a person who, like everyone else in the world, needed other people in order to be happy. But other people were so difficult. They reacted in unpredictable ways, they surrounded themselves with defensive walls, they behaved just as she did, pretending they didn't care about anything. When someone more open to life appeared, they either rejected them outright or made them suffer, consigning them to being inferior, ingenuous.

~ Paulo Coelho

But if we are talking in terms of making progress in life, we must understand that good enough is very different from best.

~ Paulo Coelho

Certain things in life simply have to be experienced -and never explained. Love is such a thing.

~ Paulo Coelho

Don’t be intimidated by other people’s opinions. Only mediocrity is sure of itself, so take risks and do what you really want to do.

~ Paulo Coelho

I'm not a body with a soul, I'm a soul that has a visible part called the body.

~ Paulo Coelho

Nothing in this world happens by chance.

~ Paulo Coelho

Once a problem is solved, its simplicity is amazing.

~ Paulo Coelho

Avoid those who seek friends in order to maintain a certain social status or to open doors they would not otherwise be able to approach.

~ Paulo Coelho

But he was able to understand one thing: making a decision was only the beginning of things. When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that wil carry him into places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision. - The Alchemist, Paulo Cohelo -

~ Paulo Coelho

… That at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what´s happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That´s the world´s greatest lie. - The Alchemist, Paulo Cohelo -

~ Paulo Coelho

Maybe God created the desert so that man could appreciate the date trees

~ Paulo Coelho

I am going to sit here in the river. If you go home to sleep, I will sleep in front of your house. And if you go away, I will follow you--until you tell me to go away. Then I'll leave. But I have to love you for the rest of my life..

~ Paulo Coelho

And what went wrong when other alchemists tried to make gold and were unable to do so?They were looking only for gold his companion answered. They were seeking the treasure of their personal legend, without wanting actually to live out the personal legend.

~ Paulo Coelho

The busiest people I have known in my life always have time enough to do everything. Those who do nothing are always tired and pay no attention to the little amount of work they are required to do. They complain constantly that the day is too short. The truth is, they are afraid to fight the good fight.

~ Paulo Coelho

I am talking to you, but the moment I am talking to you, the universe is being created and destroyed.

~ Paulo Coelho

Don't you think you're quite young?''I'm twenty-one,' said Brida. 'If I wanted to start learning ballet, I'd be conseidered too old.

~ Paulo Coelho

When you are loved, you can do anything in creation.

~ Paulo Coelho

The book is a film that takes place in the mind of the reader. That's why we go to movies and say, Oh, the book is better.

~ Paulo Coelho

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

~ Paulo Coelho

The spiritual path can only be traveled through the daily experience of love.

~ Paulo Coelho

He felt the urge to go into the desert, to see if it’s silence held the answers to his questions.

~ Paulo Coelho

It's a force that appears to be negative, but actually shows you how to realize your destiny. It prepares your spirit and your will, because there is one great truth on this planet: whoever you are, or whatever it is that you do, when you really want something, it's because that desire originated in the soul of the universe. It's your mission on earth.

~ Paulo Coelho

There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.

~ Paulo Coelho

Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is 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.

~ Paulo Coelho

Don't give in to your fears. If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart.

~ Paulo Coelho

And one has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear but rather the strength to keep on going forward despite the fear.

~ Paulo Coelho

If you want to control someone, all you have to do is to make them feel afraid.

~ Paulo Coelho

Mari remembered what she had read in the young girl's eyes the moment she had come into the refectory: fear.Fear. Veronika might feel insecurity, shyness, shame, constraint, but why fear? That was only justifiable when confronted by a real threat: ferocious animals, armed attackers, earthquakes, but not a group of people gathered together in a refectory.But human beings are like that,' she thought. 'We've replaced nearly all our emotions with fear.

~ Paulo Coelho

But human beings are like that, she thought. We've replaced nearly all our emotions with fear.

~ Paulo Coelho

The only thing she could do now was to shed a few tears, feeling rather afraid of herself, an intelligent young woman, who had everything going for her, but who tended to make the wrong decisions. She just hoped that this time she was right.

~ Paulo Coelho

But when he thought to complain about the burden of its weight, he remembered that, because he had the jacket, he had withstood the cold of the dawn.We have to be prepared for change, he thought, and he was grateful for the jacket's weight and warmth.The jacket had a purpose, and so did the boy.

~ Paulo Coelho

Because, wherever your heart is, that is where you´ll find your treasure

~ Paulo Coelho

...and that, in the end, the most interesting people always leave.

~ Paulo Coelho

In a war, the first casualty is human dignity.

~ Paulo Coelho

I will lament your departure. I will hide my shame for having erred on some obscure point, for thinking that the justice of war is the same of peacetime.

~ Paulo Coelho

We must never stop dreaming. Dreams provide nourishment for the soul, just as a meal does for the body.

~ Paulo Coelho

She had just realized there were two things that prevent us from achieving our dreams: believing them to be impossible or seeing those dreams made possible by some sudden turn of the wheel of fortune, when you least expected it. For at that moment, all our fears suddenly surface: the fear of setting off along a road heading who knows where, the fear of a life full of new challenges, the fear of losing forever everything that is familiar.

~ Paulo Coelho

It's what you have always wanted to accomplish. Everyone, when they are young, knows what their destiny is. At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible. They are not afraid to dream, and to yearn for everything they would like to see happen to them in their lives. But, as time passes, a mysterious force begins to convince them that it will be impossible for them to realize their destiny... It's a force that appears to be negative, but actually shows you how to realize your destiny. It prepares your spirit and you will, because there is one great truth on this planet: whoever you are, or whatever it is that you do, when you really want something, it's because that desire originated in the soul of the universe. It's your mission on earth.

~ Paulo Coelho

We must never stop dreaming. Dreams provide nourishment for the soul, just as a meal does for the body. Many times in our lives we see our dreams shattered and our desires frustrated, but we have to continue dreaming. If we don't, our soul dies, and agape cannot reach it.

~ Paulo Coelho

Because when everyone dreams, but only a few realize their dreams, that makes cowards of us all.

~ Paulo Coelho