“In the long run, what people think about shepherds and bakers becomes more important for them than their own Personal Legends.” — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
The magic moment is the moment when a 'yes' or a 'no' can change our whole existence. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I made some mistakes, but I wasn’t a coward. I lived my life and did what I had to do. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I'm afraid that if my dream is realized, I'll have no reason to go on living. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Being equally convinced that aggression and rudeness are synonymous with having a "powerful personality." — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Each person is different and each one will reach God by his or her own path. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Close cycles. Not because of pride or arrogance, but because that no longer fits your life — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
To attain his dream, the warrior of light needs a strong will and an enormous capacity for acceptance. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
... keep practicing. After a great deal of practice, we no longer think about all the necessary movements we must make; they… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
We can never judge the lives of others; because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Every day, we try to pretend that we haven't perceived that moment, that it doesn't exist; that today is the same as… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“She stopped in the middle of the icy garden. It was precisely because she had found everything so stupid that she had… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“If pain must come, may it come quickly. Because I have a life to live, and I need to live it in… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it's our life or our possessions and property. But this fear evaporates when… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“Work is a blessing when it helps us to think about what we are doing; but it becomes a curse when its… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
For the Warrior of Light there is no such thing as an impossible love. He is not intimidated by silence, indifference or… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
The ship is safest when it is in port, but that’s not what ships were built for. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Certain things in life simply have to be experienced -and never explained. Love is such a thing. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Life will undertake to separate us, and we must each set off in search of our own path, our own destiny or… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“The roller coaster is my life; life is a fast, dizzying game; life is a parachute jump; it's taking chances, falling over… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
A warrior accepts defeat. He does not treat it as a matter of indifference nor does he try to make a victory… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
There is a language that is beyond words. If I can learn to decipher that language without words, I will be able… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
In order for us to liberate the energy of our strength, our weakness must first have a chance to reveal itself. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Face your path with courage, don't be scared of people's criticism. And, above all, don't let yourself get paralyzed by your own… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Finally, the Witch justifies her existence by going in search of complete and limitless pleasure. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“Life is too short to waste time complaining Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear” — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
The search can be as interesting as the fear you feel, as long as you overcome that fear. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Love cannot exist in peace, it will always come accompanied by agonies, ecstasies, intense joys and profound sadnesses. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
You start living for the obsession alone ... You want to arrive somewhere regardless of whether you're enjoying the road or not. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“The lack of attention to the smallest details can completely destroy a man’s life” — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
In Eleven Minutes, I started with the question of why sexuality is considered one of the major issues in life. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
We need to create a new revolution, and to do that, don’t waste your life: stop pleasing people, and become who you… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Don't give in to your fears. If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
The best way to live a miserable life is to pay attention to what other people are saying about you. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
When we marry, we are authorized to take possession of the other person, body and soul. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Having the courage to take the steps we always wanted to take is the only way of showing that we trust in… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“But the great wisdom of life is to realize that we can be the masters of the things that try to enslave… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
We must buy jewelry; it identifies us with our tribe, just as body piercing identifies those of a different tribe. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
One day you will wake up and there won't be any more time to do the things you've always wanted. Do it… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“YOU don’t choose your life; it chooses you. There’s no point asking why life has reserved certain joys or griefs, you just… — 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
