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“The wise are wise only because they love.”

Paulo Coelho book The Zahir

As quoted in Elders on Love: Dialogues on the Consciousness, Cultivation, and Expression of Love (1999) by Kenneth R. Lakritz and Thomas M. Knoblauch.
Unsourced variant: The wise are wise only because they love. The fools are fools only because they think they can understand love.
Variant: The wise are wise only because they love.
Source: The Zahir

Love

“But if you believe yourself worthy of the thing you fought so hard to get, then you become an instrument of God, you help the Soul of the World, and you understand why you are here.”

Paulo Coelho book The Alchemist

Source: The Alchemist

God , World , Soul , Understanding

“The lake was silent for some time. Finally, it said:
"I weep for Narcissus, but I never noticed that Narcissus was beautiful. I weep because, each time he knelt beside my banks, I could see, in the depths of his eyes, my own beauty reflected.”

Paulo Coelho book The Alchemist

Source: The Alchemist

Beauty , Time

“She 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 Coelho

Source: Veronika Decides to Die

“That is why I write - to try to turn sadness into longing, solitude into remembrance.”

Paulo Coelho book By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

Source: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

Sadness , Solitude

“In order to have faith in his own path, he does not need to prove that someone else's path is wrong.”

Paulo Coelho

Source: Warrior of the Light

Faith

“Faith is not Desire. Faith is Will. Desires are things that need to be satisfied, whereas Will is a force. Will changes the space around us,…”

Paulo Coelho

Source: The Witch Of Portobello

Faith , Change

“The universe only makes sense when we have someone to share our feelings with.”

Paulo Coelho book Eleven Minutes

Source: Eleven Minutes

Feeling , Sense , Universe

“Sometimes life is very mean: a person can spend days, weeks, months and years without feeling new. Then, when a door opens - a positive avalanche pours in. One moment, you have nothing, the next, you have more than you can cope with.”

Paulo Coelho book Eleven Minutes

Source: Eleven Minutes

Life , Feeling , Personality

“Life can seem short or life can seem long, depending on how you live it.”

Paulo Coelho book The Devil and Miss Prym

Source: The Devil and Miss Prym

Life , Dependency

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

Paulo Coelho book Eleven Minutes

Source: Eleven Minutes

Dreams

“Considering the way the world is, one happy day is almost a miracle.”

Paulo Coelho book Eleven Minutes

Source: Eleven Minutes

World , Way , Happiness

“Talent is a universal gift, but it takes a lot of courage to use it. Don't be afraid to be the best.”

Paulo Coelho book The Winner Stands Alone

Source: The Winner Stands Alone

Courage , Universe

“You can either be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It all depends on how you view your life.”

Paulo Coelho book Eleven Minutes

Variant: I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.
Source: Eleven Minutes (2003), p. 37.

Life , World , Search , Dependency

“Sometimes there's just no way to hold back the river.”

Paulo Coelho book The Alchemist

Source: The Alchemist

Way