Paulo Coelho: Trending quotes (page 28)

“In a world where everyone struggles to survive whatever the cost, how could one judge those people who decide to die? No one can judge. Each person knows the extent of their own suffering or the total absence of meaning in their lives.”

“But other people also 'invite' us to behave like victims, when they complain about the unfairness of life, for example, and ask us to agree, to offer advice, to participate.

Be careful. When you join in that game you always end up losing.”

“we are human beings, we are born full of guilt; we feel terrified when happiness becomes a real possibility.”

“When God wants to drive a person insane, he grants that person's every wish.”

“Learning something means coming into contact with a world of which you know nothing. In order to learn, you must be humble.”

“really important meetings are planned by the souls
long before the bodies see each other.”

“The future would end up finding out the truth about the past.”

“Her heart had already been broken many times over, and yet she still believed she was destined to meet the man of her life.”

“JOY goes against the foundations of mathematics: it multiplies when we divide.”

“Don't think about what you’ll tell people afterward. The time is here and now. Make the most of it.”

“Usually the threat of death makes people a lot more aware of their lives.”

“I must have no fear of failure. It was my fear of failure that first kept me from attempting the Master Work.”

“You're mistaken, Father. You were in paradise, but you didn't recognize it. It's the same with most people in this world; they seek suffering in the most joyous of places because they think they are unworthy of happiness.”

“Only someone who can say 'I love you' is capable of saying 'I forgive you.”

“Déjà vu is more than just that fleeting moment of surprise, instantly forgotten because we never bother with things that make no sense. It show that time doesn't pass. It's a leap into something we have already experienced and that is being repeated.”

“Isn't wine prohibited here?" the boy asked. "It's not what enters men's mouths that's evil," said the alchemist. "It's what comes out of their mouths that is.”

“You can't measure time the way you measure the distance between two points.”

“That is the most common excuse, and the most foolish of all. Love has never prevented a man from following his dreams. If she truly loves you, she will want the best for you.”

“Now that she realized she had been waiting for him — she did not like that.”