Paulo Coelho: Trending quotes (page 41)

“We are used to thinking that what we give is the same as what we receive, but people who love, expecting to be loved in return, are wasting their time. Love is an act of faith, not an exchange.”

“True Love, however, is the love that seduces and will never allow itself to be seduced.”

“In order to hear Love’s words, you must allow Love to approach. However, when it does draw near, we fear what it might say to us, because Love is free and is not ruled by our will or by what we do.”

“Like the sun, life spreads its light in all directions.”

“The Unwanted Visitor visits those who don’t change and those who do. But those who did change can say: 'My life was an interesting one. I didn’t squander my blessing.’”

“Fear gradually ebbs away, because it wasn’t given what it felt was its due importance.”

“Joy. That is one of the main blessings of the All-Powerful. If we are happy, we are on the right road.”

“The poet writes a few lines, then throws them away, thinking: ‘Nobody’s going to be interested in that.’”

“The Divine Energy is listening to us when we speak to other people, but also when we are still and silent and able to accept solitude as a blessing.”

“In solitude, they will learn that saying ‘No’ does not always show a lack of generosity and that saying ‘Yes’ is not always a virtue.”

“Defeat means that we lose a particular battle or war. Failure does not allow us to go on fighting.”

“The defeated are those who never fail.”

“Of believing, even when no one believes in me.”

“Of drying my tears, even while I weep,”

“I will be capable of loving, regardless of whether I am loved in return,”

“I forgive the world and all its evils.””

“I forgive the neglect and the contempt,”

“I forgive the anger and the cruelty,”

“I forgive the injustice carried out in the name of justice,”