“This last week has been a little hell for both of us simply because I didn't understand my own feelings. And because… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
In a world where everyone struggles to survive whatever the cost, how could one judge those people who decide to die? No… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
On some nights, he has nowhere to sleep, on others he suffers from insomnia. "That's just how it is," thinks the warrior.… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Long distance relationships are living proof that love is not just physical. I can feel you next to me even when you're… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
If there is suffering, then it's best to accept it, because it won't go away just because you pretend it's not there.… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose some of… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
PAIN was no longer a cause of suffering, but a source of pleasure, Because they were redeeming humanity from its sins. Pain… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
No one is alone during tribulations - there's always someone else thinking, rejoicing or suffering in the same way. This thought gives… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
A warrior accepts defeat. He does not treat it as a matter of indifference, nor does he attempt to transform it into… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“Why don’t people’s hearts tell them to continue to follow their dreams?” the boy asked the alchemist. “Because that’s what makes a… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“Because after having overcome the defeats - and we always overcome them - we feel much more euphoria and confidence. In the… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks. Perhaps this person will never be disappointed or disillusioned; perhaps she won’t… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“4 the first time, I will avoid anything that makes me suffer, because suffering is not a virtue.. I will not complain… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Suffering occurs when we want other people to love us in the way we imagine we want to be loved, and not… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“Finally, he explained to me that suffering occurs when we want other people to love us in the way we imagine we… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Of all the ways we have found to hurt ourselves, the worse has been through love. We are always suffering because of… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
If good things are coming, they will be a pleasant surprise," said the seer. "If bad things are, and you know in… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“The girl would grow up marked by tragedy and, when she was twenty, would use her own suffering to help alleviate that… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Intense, unexpected suffering passes more quickly than suffering that is apparently bearable; the latter goes on for years and, without our noticing,… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
We suffer because we feel we are giving more than we receive. We suffer because our love is going unrecognized. We suffer… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
But he was wrong. Because I had fought with my heart and defeated it long ago. I was certainly not going to… — 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