Palo Coelho Quotes

But as far as true goodness was concerned, that didn't exist - not in the land of cowardly men. ~ Paulo Coelho

Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks. Perhaps this person will never be disappointed or disillusioned; perhaps she won't suffer the way people do when they have a dream to follow. But when that person looks back – and at some point everyone looks back – she will hear her heart saying, "What have you done with the miracles that God planted in your days? What have you done with the talents God bestowed on you? You buried yourself in a cave because you were fearful of losing those talents. So this is your heritage; the certainty that you wasted your life. ~ Paulo Coelho

Certainly. But take this into consideration: of every ten problems we have, nine are created by our own selves - through guilt, self-punishment, self-pity. However, from time to time a great obstacle appears in our path, which was put there by God, and which is there for a reason. The reason is: to give us the opportunity to change everything, to move forwards. ~ Paulo Coelho

God exists wherever He is allowed to enter. ~ Paulo Coelho

He could always go back to be a shepherd, but he had a dream. That's doesn't happen to just anyone. ~ Paulo Coelho

The light of love flows out of my soul, but it can go nowhere because it's blocked by pain. I could inhale and exhale every morning for the rest of my life, but that wouldn't solve anything. ~ Paulo Coelho

Any man who, having planted a vineyard, has not yet reaped the benefits should do so at once, so that he does not die in the struggle and leave it for another to enjoy. ~ Paulo Coelho

Elegance is achieved when all that is superfluous has been discarded and the human being discovers simplicity and concentration: the simpler and more sober the posture, the more beautiful it will be. ~ Paulo Coelho

To find peace in the heavens, we must find love on Earth. ~ Paulo Coelho

When people praise us, we should always keep a close eye on how we behave ~ Paulo Coelho

At these times, the adversary appears holding two boards.
Written on one board: "Think more of yourself. Keep your blessings to yourself, otherwise you will lose everything."
The other board reads: "who are you to help others? Can't you even see your own defects?"
A warrior of the light knows he has defects. But he also knows he cannot grow alone, and distance himself from his companions.
So he throws both boards to the ground, even though he believes they contain some truth deep down. They turn to dust, and the warrior continues to help those near him. ~ Paulo Coelho

At precisely the moment when he was looking for God with such intensity, despite everything and everyone, God had no pity on him. ~ Paulo Coelho

I love you like a river that creates the right conditions for trees and bushes and flowers to flourish along its banks. I love you like a river that gives water to the thirsty and takes people where they want to go. ~ Paulo Coelho

Of course, and the reason is very simple: routines give them the false sensation of being safe. Thus, today will be exactly like yesterday, and tomorrow will bring no surprises. When night falls, part of the soul complains that nothing different was experienced, but another part is content - paradoxically, it is for the same reason. ~ Paulo Coelho

He's seeing my soul, my fears, my fragility, my inability to deal with a world which i pretend to master, but about which I know nothing ~ Paulo Coelho

Then the Warrior realizes that these repeated experiences have but one aim: to teach him what he does not want to learn. ~ Paulo Coelho

I believe in One God,though you think that the gods dwell in those clouds on the Fifth Mountain.i don't want to argue whether my God is stronger or more powerful;I would speak not of our differences but of our similarities.Tragedy has united us in a single sentiment:despair.Why has that come to pass?Because we thought that everything was answered and decided in our souls,and we could accept no changes. ~ Paulo Coelho

The existence of this world is simply a guarantee that there exists a world that is perfect. ~ Paulo Coelho

No one can avoid defeat. That is why it is better to lose a few battles in the fight for your dreams than to be defeated without even knowing why you are fighting. ~ Paulo Coelho

The Warrior sometimes fights with those he loves. ~ Paulo Coelho

Give yourself freedom to try out new things
Don't be so set in your ways that you can't grow. ~ Paulo Coelho

Because this is a prison, and there's a prison warden pretending to read a book, just to make others think she's an intelligent woman. ~ Paulo Coelho

There is a universal language, understood by everybody, but already forgotten. I am in search of that universal language, among other things. ~ Paulo Coelho

Sometimes it's what you don't say that counts. ~ Paulo Coelho

It's only those who are persistent and willing to study things deeply, who achieve the master work. ~ Paulo Coelho

When things happen without planning or expectations they are that much more enjoyable. ~ Paulo Coelho

Defeat is for the valiant. Only they will know the honour of losing and the joy of winning. ~ Paulo Coelho

I can speak to my soul only when the two of us are off exploring deserts or cities or mountains or roads. ~ Paulo Coelho

- Exactly as you imagine. They remain tied to us through the feeling of bitterness. That is why Jesus said: "before going to the temple, go back and forgive your brother." One must be forever washing one's soul with the water of forgiveness. ~ Paulo Coelho

Once someone asked me, "What do you want to be your epitaph?" So I said, "Paulo Coelho died when he was alive. ~ Paulo Coelho

The visible is always a mirror of the invisible. The reality is imagined before it manifests itself. ~ Paulo Coelho

Tears are words waiting to be spoken ~ Paulo Coelho

The Warrior knows the value of persistence and of courage. ~ Paulo Coelho

No one can posses an afternoon of rain beating against the window, or the serenity of a sleeping child, or the magical moment when the waves break on the rocks. No one can posses the beautiful things of this Earth, but we can know them and love them. It is through such moments that God reveals himself to mankind. ~ Paulo Coelho

She had experienced the pleasures of virgin and prostitute, of slave and queen, albeit more slave than queen. ~ Paulo Coelho

She hated everything. The library with its pile of books full of explanations about life; the school that had forced her to spend whole evenings learning algebra, even though she didn't know a single person, apart from teachers and mathematicians, who needed algebra in order to be happy. ~ Paulo Coelho

That was why he was the director of the hospital and not a patient, because he thought a lot before making any decisions. ~ Paulo Coelho

That Faith cannot be explained. It was simply a Dark Night. And all she had to do was to accept it or not. ~ Paulo Coelho

Some books make us dream, others bring us face to face with reality, but what matters most to the author is the honesty with which a book is written. ~ Paulo Coelho

I think classical ballet dancers dance on pointe because they're simultaneously touching the earth and reaching up to the skies ~ Paulo Coelho

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 smile is dimmed with tears. ~ Paulo Coelho

The boy could see in his father's gaze a desire to be able, himself, to travel the world - a desire that was still alive, despite his father's having had to bury it, over dozens of years, under the burden of struggling for water to drink, food to eat, and the same place to sleep every night of his life. ~ Paulo Coelho

As someone had said, all you had to do was to keep your insanity under control.
You could cry, get worried or angry like any other normal human being, as long as you remembered that, up above, your spirit was laughing out loud at all those thorny situations. ~ Paulo Coelho

We all have other halves, and when they're feeling bad, we get a little piece of the pain ~ Paulo Coelho