Paulo Coelho Quotes

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844 Quotes for Your Inspirational Journey of Love, Life, and Fulfillment

“No one can manipulate anyone else. In any relationship, both parties know what they're doing. even if one complains later on that they were used.”

“A prayer couched in the words of the soul, is far more powerful than any ritual.”

“I don't see any reason why I should look for someone who never took the trouble to love me.”

“I think that, with age, people come to realize that death is inevitable. And we need to learn to face it with serenity, wisdom and resignation. Death often frees us from a lot of senseless sufferings.”

“The only trap I must beware not to fall into, is to think that each day is the same as the next. In fact, each morning brings with it a hidden miracle, and we must pay attention to this miracle.”

“We are entering a new world in which we can choose to follow our own steps, not those that society forces us to take.”

“All things are manifestations of one thing only.”

“When a sense of dissatisfaction persists, that means it was placed there by God for one reason only: you need to change everything and move forward.”

“Our body remains alive, yet sooner or later our soul will receive a mortal blow. The perfect crime--for we don't know who murdered our joy, what their motives were, or where the guilty parties are to be found.”

“What we see is not always what exists.”

“You have understood what all great painters understand: in order to forget the rules, you must know them and respect them.”

“At this moment, many people have stopped living. They do not become angry, nor cry out; they merely wait for time to pass. They did not accept the challenges of life, so life no longer challenges them”

“Believe that if Allah wants you to know something, someone will tell you.”

“What is I? It's what you are, not what others make of you.”

“Although I have the colors, only the Lord can mix them with such harmony.”

“You must understand that love never keeps a man from pursuing his Personal Legend. If he abandons that pursuit, it's because it wasn't a true love.. the love that speaks the language of the world.”

“Success is both an addiction and an enslavement…”

“we’re allowed to make a lot of mistakes in our lives, except the mistake that destroy us”

“No heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity.”

“Real love changes and grows with time and discovers new ways of expressing itself.”

“Love is only a word, until someone arrives to give it meaning.
Don't give up. Remember, it's always the last key on the key ring that opens the door.”

“Have pity on those who are fearful of taking up a pen, or a paintbrush, or an instrument, or a tool because they are afraid that someone has already done so better than they could…”

“This was freedom; to feel what the heart desired with no thought to the opinion of the rest… She was free, for love liberates.”

“When you are in love, things make even more sense, he thought.”

“We are afraid of losing what we have.”

“Allowing someone else to make us happy will make them happy too.”

“Dreams nourish the soul just as food nourishes the body. The pleasure of the search and of adventure feeds our dreams.”

“Why is Love more important than Faith? Because Faith is merely the road that leads us to the Greater Love.”

“a man doesn't prove he's a man by getting an erection. He's only a real man if he can pleasure a woman. And if he can pleasure a prostitute, he'll think he's the best lover on the block" -Nyah”

“There are some things in life that are worth fighting for to the end.”

“I'm afraid that if my dream is realized, I'll have no reason to go on living.”

“In a forest of a hundred thousand trees, no two leaves are alike. And no two journeys along the same path are alike.”

“When mouths close, it’s because there’s something important to be said.”

“Everything which is done in the present, affects the future by consequence, and the past by redemption.”

“Once a problem is solved, its simplicity is amazing.”

“Its best to live as if it were the first and last day of my life.”

“I wept because I was re-experiencing the enthusiasm of my childhood; I was once again a child, and nothing in the world could cause me harm.”

“Stop thinking all the time that you're in the way, that you're bothering the person next to you. If people don't like it, they can complain. And if they don't have courage to complain, that's their problem.”

“Love can only be found through the act of loving.”

“The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.”

“During sex, it is very difficult to deceive the other person because that is when each person shows who they really are.”

“Often in the search for your destiny you will find yourself obliged to change direction”

“What’s the world’s greatest lie?” the boy asked. “It’s this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what’s happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That’s the world’s greatest lie.”

“If we seek something, that same thing is seeking us.”

“Well, then, why should I listen to my heart?"
"Because you will never again be able to keep it quiet.”

“There is no time to leave important words unsaid.”

“Beware of anyone who tries to please you all the time.”

“So we contemplate each other, and we want each other, and I give it life and warmth, and it gives me my reason for living.”

“Everyone is indeed crazy but the craziest are those who don't know they're crazy; they just keep repeating what others tell them to.”