Paulo Coelho: Trending quotes (page 29)

“Because i've suffered. Because many times in my life i have tried to love with all my heart, and my love has wound up being trampled or betrayed.”

“What people regard as vanity—leaving great works, having children, acting in such a way as to prevent one's name from being forgotten—I regard as the highest expression of human dignity.”

“That's how love got lost… when we started laying down rules for when love should or shouldn't appear.”

“The world lies in the hands of those that have the courage to dream and who take the risk of living out their dreams - each according to his or her own talent.”

“I was not I, I was nothing - and that seemed to me quite marvelous.”

“Everyone has his or her own way of learning things. His way isn't the same as mine, nor mine as his. But we're both in search of our destinies, and I respect him for that.”

“The only reason I don't throw myself into your arms, kiss you and make love with you now is that I lack the courage and am afraid of loving you.”

“Life is the train and not the station.”

“Trusting the one you love always brings good results.”

“I needed to choose between the one thing that really filled m thoughts-my love for that woman-and losing my freedom and all the choices that the future promised me. To be honest, the decision was easy.
-Lukas Jessen-Petersen”

“If he waits for the ideal moment, he will never set off; he requires a touch of madness to take the next step. The warrior uses that touch of madness. For - in both love and war - it is impossible to foresee everything.”

“Dream and love are just words - until you decide to experience them”

“When you want something with all your heart, that's when you are closest to the Soul of the World. It's always a positive force.”

“the reward of our work is not what we get, but what we become”

“It's true; life really is generous to those who pursue their destiny”

“However difficult it may be to accept what happens to us, one must understand that moments such as this give us the possibility for radical change in our behavior.”

“The greatest gift God gave us is the power to make decisions.”

“no project is completed until its objective has been achieved.”

“The only power you have on this planet is the power of your decisions.”