Paulo Coelho Quotes
“The moment we begin to seek love, love begins to seek us.
And to save us.”
Paulo Coelho book By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept (1994)
Source: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
Context: Love is always new. Regardless of whether we love once, twice, or a dozen times in our life, we always face a brand-new situation. Love can consign us to hell or to paradise, but it always takes us somewhere. We simply have to accept it, because it is what nourishes our existence. If we reject it, we die of hunger, because we lack the courage to reach out a hand and pluck the fruit from the branches of the tree of life. We have to take love where we find it, even if it means hours, days, weeks of disappointment and sadness.
The moment we begin to seek love, love begins to seek us.
And to save us.
“Go and get your things,' he said. 'Dreams mean work.”
Paulo Coelho book By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
Source: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
Paulo Coelho book By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
Variant: I think that if we look for love courageously, it reveals itself, and we wind up attracting even more love. If one person really wants us, everyone does. But if we’re alone, we become even more alone. Life is strange.
Source: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
As quoted in Honor Your Gifts (2007) by Dona M. Deane, p. 199.
Variant: But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose some of the battles in the struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you're fighting for
“If it's still in your mind, it is still in your heart.”
Variant: If it's still in your mind, it is worth taking the risk
“You must always know what it is that you want.”
Paulo Coelho book The Alchemist
Source: The Alchemist
“I start to think that I'm losing the love I have without having yet won the love I hope to win.”
Source: The Witch Of Portobello
Paulo Coelho book Manuscript Found in Accra
Source: Manuscript Found in Accra (2012), Our fate
Paulo Coelho book The Zahir
Variant: Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what is best for me.
Source: The Zahir
Paulo Coelho book Aleph
Source: Aleph (2011)
Context: Routine has nothing to do with repetition. To become really good at anything, you have to practice and repeat, practice and repeat, until the technique becomes intuitive.
“Don't try to be useful. Try to be yourself: that is enough & that makes all the difference.”
Paulo Coelho book Manuscript Found in Accra
Source: Manuscript Found in Accra (2012), Uselessness
“Stop thinking about life and choose to live it”
Paulo Coelho book The Fifth Mountain
Source: The Fifth Mountain
Paulo Coelho book The Alchemist
Variant: I learned that the world has a soul, and that whoever understands that soul can also understand the language of things.
Source: The Alchemist
(1997)
Source: Warrior of the Light
“I understand once again that the greatness of God always reveals itself in the simple things.”
Paulo Coelho book Like the Flowing River
Source: Like the Flowing River
