Paulo Coelho Quotes

Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.

Life has many ways of testing a person's will, either by having nothing happen at all, or having everything happen all at once.

We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.

‎A wise person is full of questions. A dull person is full of answers.

Don’t allow your wounds to transform you into someone you are not.

We are travelers on a cosmic journey, stardust, swirling and dancing in the eddies and whirlpools of infinity. Life is eternal. We have stopped for a moment to encounter each other, to meet, to love, to share.This is a precious moment. It is a little parenthesis in eternity.

We are travelers on a cosmic journey, stardust, swirling and dancing in the eddies and whirlpools of infinity. Life is eternal. We have stopped for a moment to encounter each other, to meet, to love, to share.This is a precious moment. It is a little parenthesis in eternity.

Why are people sad? That’s simple. They are the prisoners of their personal history. Everyone believes that the main aim in life is to follow a plan. They never ask if that plan is theirs or if it was created by another person. They accumulate experiences, memories, things, other people’s ideas, and it is more than they can possibly cope with. And that is why they forget their dreams.

My temple is the park, the sky, the water in the lake, and the stream that feeds it. My people are those who share my ideas and not those I’m bound to by bounds of blood. My ritual is being with those people and celebrating everything around me.

If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine. It is lethal.

At every moment of our lives we all have one foot in a fairy tale and the other in the abyss.

Anyone who is in love is making love the whole time, even when they’re not. When two bodies meet, it is just the cup overflowing. They can stay together for hours, even days. They begin the dance one day and finish it the next, or - such is the pleasure they experience - they may never finish it. No eleven minutes for them.

The heart decides, and what it decides is all that really matters.

So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.

Fear again. If you want to control someone, all you have to do is to make them feel afraid.

I applauded when reason lost the battle, and all I could do was surrender and accept that I was in love.

Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second’s encounter with God and with eternity.

Freedom only exists when love is present.That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it.

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.

If for ten minutes a day you can manage to be what you dreamed, you are already making great progress.