Paulo Coelho: Citations en anglais (Page 6)

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“The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”

Paulo Coelho livre L'Alchimiste

Introduction, p. xi.
Source: The Alchemist (1988)
Contexte: I ask myself: are defeats necessary?
Well, necessary or not, they happen. When we first begin fighting for a dream, we have no experience and make mistakes. The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

“Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.”

Paulo Coelho livre Sur le bord de la rivière Piedra, je me suis assise et j'ai pleuré

By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept (1994)
Variante: Waiting Hurts. Forgetting Hurts. But not knowing which decision to take is the worst of suffering.
Source: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

“The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.”

Paulo Coelho livre L'Alchimiste

Variante: simple things are the most valuable and only wise people appreciate them".
Source: The Alchemist

“When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes.”

Paulo Coelho livre Brida

Source: Brida (1990).
Contexte: When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.

“The two hardest tests on the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what we encounter.”

Variante: You have passed through the two hardest tests on the spiritual road: the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what you encounter.
Source: Veronika Decides to Die

Paulo Coelho citation: “Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.”

“Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.”

Paulo Coelho livre L'Alchimiste

Source: The Alchemist (1988), p. 184; this also has been quoted as "What happens once will never happen again. But what happens twice will surely happen a third time."

“In real life, love has to be possible. Even if it is not returned right away, love can only survive when the hope exists that you will be able to win over the person you desire.”

Paulo Coelho livre Sur le bord de la rivière Piedra, je me suis assise et j'ai pleuré

Source: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

“Anyone who loves in the expectation of being loved in return is wasting their time.”

Paulo Coelho livre The Devil and Miss Prym

Source: The Devil and Miss Prym