Paulo Coelho: Idézetek angolul (oldal 24)

“The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.”

“During sex, it is very difficult to deceive the other person because that is when each person shows who they really are.”

“Often in the search for your destiny you will find yourself obliged to change direction”

“What’s the world’s greatest lie?” the boy asked. “It’s this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what’s happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That’s the world’s greatest lie.”

“If we seek something, that same thing is seeking us.”

“Well, then, why should I listen to my heart?"
"Because you will never again be able to keep it quiet.”

“There is no time to leave important words unsaid.”

“Beware of anyone who tries to please you all the time.”

“So we contemplate each other, and we want each other, and I give it life and warmth, and it gives me my reason for living.”

“Everyone is indeed crazy but the craziest are those who don't know they're crazy; they just keep repeating what others tell them to.”

“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”

“You can't avoid pain, but you can choose to overcome it.”

“Every search begins with beginner's luck. And every search ends with the victor's being severely tested." The boy remembered an old proverb from his country. It said that the darkest hour of the night came just before the dawn.”

“A lot of people think something is right, and so that thing becomes right.”

“When everything seems to be going well and your dream is almost within your gasp, that is when you must be more alert than ever.”

“It is said that each time we embrace someone warmly, we gain an extra day of life. So please embrace me now.”

“Love was above everything else, and there was no hatred in love, only the occasional mistake.”

“Seek to live. Remembrance is for the old.”

“What is a teacher? I'll tell you: it isn't someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to give of her best in order to discover what she already knows.”