I wept because I was re-experiencing the enthusiasm of my childhood; I was once again a child, and nothing in the world… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“But ever since he had been a child, he wanted to know the world, and this was much more important to him… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
What people regard as vanity—leaving great works, having children, acting in such a way as to prevent one's name from being forgotten—I… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Try to live with the same intensity as a child. He doesn't ask for explanations; he dives into each day as if… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“When he was a child, that man wanted to travel, too. But he decided first to buy his bakery and put some… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Our contradictions. We are in such a hurry to grow up, and then we long for our lost childhood. We make ourselves… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
She [the Virgin Mary] was normal. She had already had other children. The Bible tells us that Jesus had two brothers. Virginity,… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“Nature speaks to me as if I were its beloved daughter. The mountain tells me: “You have my strength.” The lakes tell… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“I receive your love and I give you mine. Not the love of a man for women, not the love of a… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Fairy tales had been her first experience of the magical universe, and more than once she had wondered why people ended up… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
She didn't need to understand the meaning of life; it was enough to find someone who did, and then fall asleep in… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
The parents always insisted on telling their child that their secret friends didn't exist - perhaps because they had forgotten that they… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Only children believe they're capable of everything. They're trusting and fearless; they believe in their own power and get exactly what they… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“There are four obstacles. First: we are told from childhood onward that everything we want to do is impossible. The second obstacle:… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Some people appear to be happy, but they simply don't give the matter much thought. Others make plans: I'm going to have… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Does a soldier go to war in order to kill the enemy? no, he goes in order to die for his country.… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
It's daylight, the sky is cloudy, and human beings believe that beyond the clouds lives an all-powerful God, guiding the fate of… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“Sometimes an uncontrollable feeling of sadness grips us, he said. We recognize that the magic moment of the day has passed and… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I receive your love and I give you mine. Not the love of a man for a woman, not the love of… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
No one can posses an afternoon of rain beating against the window, or the serenity of a sleeping child, or the magical… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Once upon a time, there was a prostitute called Maria. Wait a minute. "Once upon a time" is how all the best… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
A Warrior of Light values a child's eyes because they are able to look at the world without bitterness. When he wants… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Forget everything you've ever learned about the stars and they'll once more be transformed into angels, or into children, or into whatever… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I have inside me the winds, the deserts, the oceans, the stars, and everything created in the universe. We were all made by the… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share
The world has a soul and whoever understands that soul can also understand the language of many things. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share
You dont choose your life; it chooses you. Theres no point asking why life has reserved certain joys or griefs, you just accept them… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share
To love is to be in communion with the other and to discover in that other the spark of God. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share
It is not enough to dream of the Impossible Love - it is necessary to conquer it too. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share
People are reading more and writing more because of the internet. So the virtual world is a way for me to listen to my… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share
“Joy is like sex – it begins and ends. I want pleasure. I want to be contended, but happiness? I no longer fall into… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share
I've always been a very restless person. I work hard, spend too much time looking after my son, I dance like a mad thing,… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share
The past and the future become unimportant. There is only that moment, and the incredible certainty that everything under the sun has been written… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share
She didn't need to understand the meaning of life; it was enough to find someone who did, and then fall asleep in his arms… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share