Paulo Coelho: Quotes about people (page 2)

“It is said that all people who are happy have God within them.”

“Ever since time began, people have recognized their true Love by the light in their eyes.”

“… and that, in the end, the most interesting people always leave.”

“I want to continue being crazy; living my life the way I dream it, and not the way the other people want it to be.”

“People are never satisfied. If they have a little, they want more. If they have a lot, they want still more. Once they have more, they wish they could be happy with little, but are incapable of making the slightest effort in that direction.”

“People are afraid to pursue their most important dreams, because they feel that they don't deserve them, or that they'll be unable to achieve them.”

“Fairy tales had been her first experience of the magical universe, and more than once she had wondered why people ended up distancing themselves from that world, knowing the immense joy that childhood had brought to their lives.”

“People learn twenty-five percent from their teacher, twenty-five percent from listening to themselves, twenty-five percent from their friends, and twenty-five percent from time.”

“Borges said there are only four stories to tell: a love story between two people, a love story between three people, the struggle for power and the voyage. All of us writers rewrite these same stories ad infinitum.”

“Many people don't allow themselves to love… because there are a lot of things at risk a lot of future and a lot of past.”

“If only everyone could know and live with their inner craziness. Would the world be a worse place for it? No, people would be fairer and happier.”

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

“You could tell your soul mate by the light in their eyes, and since the time began, that has been how people have recognized their true love.”

“music isn't just something that comforts or distracts us, it goes beyond that - it's an ideology. you can judge people by the kind of music they listen to.”

“The happier people can be, the unhappier they are.”

“No one lights a lamp in order to hide it behind the door: the purpose of light is to create more light, to open people's eyes, to reveal the marvels around.”

“People need not fear the unknown if they are capable of achieving what they need and want.”

“What kills a relationship between two people is precisely the lack of challenge, the feeling that nothing is new anymore. We need to continue to be a surprise for each other.”

“That's what the world is like: people talk as if they knew everything, but ifyou dare to ask a question, they don't know anything.”