Paulo Coelho: Trending quotes (page 42)

“I forgive the hostility and jealousy,”

“I forgive the stillborn hopes,”

“I forgive the wrecked dreams,”

“I forgive the blows that hurt me,”

“I forgive the pain and the disappointments,”

“Solitude is not the absence of Love, but its complement.”

“They teach their children: ‘Don’t get involved in conflicts, you’ll only lose.”

“Such people can say with pride: T never lost a battle.’ On the other hand, they will never be able to say: T won a battle.’”

“I am here to tell you that there are people who have never been defeated. They are the ones who never fought.”

“Defeat is for the valiant. Only they will know the honour of losing and the joy of winning.”

“In solitude, they will discover the love that might otherwise arrive unnoticed. In solitude, they will understand and respect the love that left them.”

“For those who are not frightened by the solitude that reveals all mysteries, everything will have a different taste.”

“Woe to those who were never beaten! They will never be winners in this life.”

“A grain of sand is a moment of creation, and the universe has taken millions of years to create it.”

“Community is life: from it comes our capacity for survival. That is how it was when we lived in caves and so it is today.”

“Don’t give up. Remember, it’s always the last key on the keyring that opens the door.”

“We love because Love sets us free, and we say things that we once never even had the courage to whisper to ourselves.”

“Of holding out my hand, even when utterly alone and abandoned,”

“But every tribe, every people, has values that they associate with elegance: hospitality, respect, good manners.”