Paulo Coelho: Doing

Paulo Coelho is Brazilian lyricist and novelist. Explore interesting quotes on doing.
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“Whoever you are, or whatever it is that you do, when you really want something, it's because that desire originated in the soul of the universe. It's your mission on earth.”

Paulo Coelho book The Alchemist

Source: The Alchemist

“Love is a disease no one wants to get rid of. Those who catch it never try to get better, and those who suffer do not wish to be cured.”

Paulo Coelho book The Zahir

Source: The Zahir

“Love is not to be found in someone else but in ourselves; we simply awaken it. But in order to do that, we need the other person.”

Paulo Coelho book Eleven Minutes

Source: Eleven Minutes

“Most people see the world as a threatening place, and, because they do, the world turns out, indeed, to be a threatening place.”

Paulo Coelho book The Alchemist

Source: The Alchemist

“Things pass, and the best we can do is to let them really go away. Getting rid of certain memories also means making some room for other memories to take their place.”

Paulo Coelho

“Do not try to explain feelings. Live everything intensely and treasure what you feel as a gift from God.”

Paulo Coelho book Brida

Source: Brida

“Break the glass, please, and free us from all these damned rules, from needing to find an explanation for everything, from doing only what others approve of.”

Paulo Coelho book By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

Source: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

“It's a good idea always to do something relaxing prior to making an important decision in your life.”

Paulo Coelho book The Pilgrimage

Source: The Pilgrimage

“The day is made up of 24 hours and an infinite number of moments. We need to be aware of those moments and make the most of them regardless of whether we're busy doing something or contemplating life.”

Paulo Coelho

Source: The Witch Of Portobello

“It’s what you do in the present that will redeem the past and thereby change the future.”

Paulo Coelho book Aleph

Source: Aleph

“We have been moving along at such a fast pace that we no longer know what we are doing. Now we have to wait until our soul catches up with us.”

Paulo Coelho Maktub

Source: Maktub

“So long as you do no harm to another, change your opinion once in a while. Contradict yourself without being embarrassed. This is your right. It doesn't matter what others think -because that's what they will think, in any case.”

Paulo Coelho Maktub

Source: Maktub

“Make whatever decision you wish but never forget one thing: all of you are much better than you believed. Take advantage of the chance that tragedy has given you; not everyone is capable of doing so”

Paulo Coelho book The Fifth Mountain

Source: The Fifth Mountain

“Although I have been through all that I have, I do not regret the many hardships I met, because it was they who brought me to the place I wished to reach.”

Paulo Coelho

“A Warrior knows that the ends do not justify the means. Because there are no ends, there are only means…”

Paulo Coelho

Source: Warrior of the Light

“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.”

Paulo Coelho

Source: The Witch Of Portobello

“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”

Paulo Coelho book The Fifth Mountain

Source: The Fifth Mountain

“All we have to do is understand that we're all here for a reason and to commit ourselves to that. Then we can laugh at our sufferings, large and small and walk fearlessly, aware that each step has meaning”

Paulo Coelho

Source: The Witch Of Portobello