Paulo Coelho Quotes

"One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving."

"Tonight his eyes were shining-he looked wonderful."

"The Soul of the World is nourished by people's happiness. And also by unhappiness, envy, and jealousy. To realize one's Personal Legend is a person's only real obligation. All things are one. And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."

"You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It's just a matter of paying attention to this miracle."

"But 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."

"You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it."

"When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream."

"A warrior of light who trusts too much in his intelligence will end up underestimating the power of his opponent."

"Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worse kind of suffering."

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

"Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream."

"Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience."

"The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love."

"The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip; to avoid this, the warrior treats each situation as if it were unique and never resorts to formulae, recipes or other people's opinions."

"No one can lie, no one can hide anything, when he looks directly into someone's eyes."

"Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act."

"You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen."

"“When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”"

"We have to stop and be humble enough to understand that there is something called mystery."

"There's a lot of me in it. But the character is more egotistical. I'm also egotistical, but not the way the character is. This guy is successful, he has everything, but his wife has left him. The most important value - love - is missing. What is wrong with this institution called 'marriage'? What is wrong with this institution called 'the pursuit of happiness'?"