Paulo Coelho: Quotes about people
Paulo Coelho is Brazilian lyricist and novelist. Explore interesting quotes on people.
Variant: When each day is the same as the nest it's because people fail to reconize the good things that happen in thier lives everyday the sunrises
Source: The Alchemist
“People want to change everything and, at the same time, want it all to remain the same.”
Source: The Devil and Miss Prym
“Life sometimes separates people so that they can realize how much they mean to each other.”
Source: The Winner Stands Alone
“How people treat other people is a direct reflection of how they feel about themselves.”
Source: The Winner Stands Alone
“People destroy what they love.”
Source: The Valkyries
“We are not the person other people wish we were. We are who we decide to be.”
Source: Aleph (2011)
Maria's diary entry at the age of 17, p. 16.
Eleven Minutes (2003)
Source: The Alchemist (1988), p. 158.
“People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.”
Source: The Alchemist
“People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.”
Source: Veronika Decides to Die
“behind the mask of ice that people wear, there beats a heart of fire.”
Source: Warrior of the Light
Source: The Zahir (2005), p. 205.
Context: Everyone believes that the main aim in life is to follow a plan. They never ask if that plan is theirs or if it was created by another person. They accumulate experiences, memories, things, other people's ideas, and it is more than they can possibly cope with. And that is why they forget their dreams.
“Seek out people who aren’t afraid of making mistakes”
Aleph (2011)
Context: Seek out people who aren’t afraid of making mistakes and who, therefore, do make mistakes. Because of that, their work often isn’t recognized, but they are precisely the kind of people who change the world and, after many mistakes, do something that will transform their own community completely”.