Paulo Coelho: Citations en anglais (Page 15)

“In the beginning there was only a small amount of injustice abroad in the world, but everyone who came afterwards added their portion, always thinking it was very small and unimportant, and look where we have ended up today.”

“They say that extroverts are unhappier than introverts and have to compensate for this by constantly proving to themselves how happy and contented and at ease with life they are.”

“Today I am a woman torn between the terror that everything might change and the equal terror that everything might carry on exactly the same for the rest of my days.”

“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.”

“Magical places are always beautiful and deserve to be contemplated… Always stay on the bridge between the invisible and the visible.”

“No, I'm not mistaken. I know you don't love me. But I'm going to fight for your love. There are some things in life that are worth fighting for to the end. You are worth it.”

“You must always know what it is that you want.”

“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.”

“I start to think that I'm losing the love I have without having yet won the love I hope to win.”

“I don't regret my painful times, i bare my scars as if they were medals. I know that freedom has a high price, as high as that of slavery; the only difference is that you pay with pleasure and a smile, even when that that smile dimmed by tears”

“And if I'm alone in bed, I will go to the window, look up at the sky, and feel certain that loneliness is a lie, because the Universe is there to keep me company.”

“If I believe I will win, then victory will believe in me.”

“It is part of the human nature always to judge others very severely and, when the wind turns against us, always to find an excuse for our own misdeeds, or to blame someone else for our mistakes.”

“Free again, but it's just a feeling; freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit yourself to what is best for you.”

“I don't regret the painful times; I bare my scars as if they were medals.”

“Love isn't just a feeling. It's an art. And like any art, it takes not only inspiration but also a lot of work.”

“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.”