--- title: "9 Asking Quotes By Paulo Coelho" description: "9 Asking quotes by Paulo Coelho. Plus more from Paulo Coelho and more Asking sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45b/paulo-coelho-10_asking_never-asking-a-direct-question-even-thou_1453475.jpg" --- > [Never asking a direct question, even though the other person can guess what it is you want to know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/never-asking-a-direct-question-even-though-the-other-person-can-guess/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45b/paulo-coelho-10_asking_never-asking-a-direct-question-even-thou_1453475.jpg) > [Life is too short to be wasted in finding answers. Enjoy the questions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/life-is-too-short-to-be-wasted-in-finding-answers-enjoy-the-questions/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/391/paulo-coelho-10_answers_life-is-too-short-to-be-wasted-in-findin_1494106.jpg) > [The Saint finds her true reason for living in unconditional love and in her ability to give without asking anything in return.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/the-saint-finds-her-true-reason-for-living-in-unconditional-love-and/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93f/paulo-coelho-10_ability_the-saint-finds-her-true-reason-for-livi_720109.jpg) > [If you're asking me if I like your company, the answer is yes. If, on the other hand, you're asking me if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/if-you-re-asking-me-if-i-like-your-company-the-answer-is-yes-if-on/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c67/paulo-coelho-10_answers_if-you-re-asking-me-if-i-like-your-compa_138658.jpg) > [I believe everything is one thing only. That said, there are some questions in my life that I don't know.. I've stopped…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-believe-everything-is-one-thing-only-that-said-there-are-some/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f45/paulo-coelho-10_answers_i-believe-everything-is-one-thing-only-t_1178286.jpg) > [“Where have you been?" is not an empty question. anyone asking it is also saying "I missed you," "I want to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/where-have-you-been-is-not-an-empty-question-anyone-asking-it-is-also/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd5/paulo-coelho-10_quote_where-have-you-been-is-not-an-empty-ques_2153155.jpg) > [After all, what is happiness? Love, they tell me. But love doesn't bring and never has brought happiness. On the contrary, it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/after-all-what-is-happiness-love-they-tell-me-but-love-doesn-t-bring/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/257/paulo-coelho-10_agony_after-all-what-is-happiness-love-they-te_763321.jpg) > [Does he love me? “You’re asking the wrong question. What you need to know is are you in a position to give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/does-he-love-me-you-re-asking-the-wrong-question-what-you-need-to/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e6/paulo-coelho-10_asking_does-he-love-me-you-re-asking-the-wrong_731397.jpg) > [Thousands of years ago, weren't we capable of building enormous structures like the pyramids? Weren't we capable of worshiping gods, weaving, making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/thousands-of-years-ago-weren-t-we-capable-of-building-enormous/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d1/paulo-coelho-10_ancestor_thousands-of-years-ago-weren-t-we-capabl_849586.jpg) ## Other authors on Asking ## More by Paulo Coelho > [I have inside me the winds, the deserts, the oceans, the stars, and everything created in the universe. We were all made by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-have-inside-me-the-winds-the-deserts-the-oceans-the-stars-and/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [Love will never separate a man from his personal legend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/love-will-never-separate-a-man-from-his-personal-legend/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [The world has a soul and whoever understands that soul can also understand the language of many things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/the-world-has-a-soul-and-whoever-understands-that-soul-can-also/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [You dont choose your life; it chooses you. Theres no point asking why life has reserved certain joys or griefs, you just accept them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/you-dont-choose-your-life-it-chooses-you-theres-no-point-asking-why/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [To love is to be in communion with the other and to discover in that other the spark of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/to-love-is-to-be-in-communion-with-the-other-and-to-discover-in-that/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [It is not enough to dream of the Impossible Love - it is necessary to conquer it too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/it-is-not-enough-to-dream-of-the-impossible-love-it-is-necessary-to/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [Eat when it is time to eat. And walk when it is time to walk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/eat-when-it-is-time-to-eat-and-walk-when-it-is-time-to-walk/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [People are reading more and writing more because of the internet. So the virtual world is a way for me to listen to my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/people-are-reading-more-and-writing-more-because-of-the-internet-so/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [“Joy is like sex – it begins and ends. I want pleasure. I want to be contended, but happiness? I no longer fall into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/joy-is-like-sex-it-begins-and-ends-i-want-pleasure-i-want-to-be/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [“Trudi se da zivis, sjecanja su za starije ljude.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/trudi-se-da-zivis-sjecanja-su-za-starije-ljude/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-ve-always-been-a-very-restless-person-i-work-hard-spend-too-much/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/when-someone-leaves-it-s-because-someone-else-is-about-to-arrive/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [The past and the future become unimportant. There is only that moment, and the incredible certainty that everything under the sun has been written…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/the-past-and-the-future-become-unimportant-there-is-only-that-moment/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/she-didn-t-need-to-understand-the-meaning-of-life-it-was-enough-to/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [“The simpler the pose, the better; the more sober, the more beautiful.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/the-simpler-the-pose-the-better-the-more-sober-the-more-beautiful/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asking/paulo-coelho/#itemlist", "name": "9 Asking Quotes By Paulo Coelho", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Never asking a direct question, even though the other person can guess what it is you want to know.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paulo Coelho" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/never-asking-a-direct-question-even-though-the-other-person-can-guess/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45b/paulo-coelho-10_asking_never-asking-a-direct-question-even-thou_1453475.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45b/paulo-coelho-10_asking_never-asking-a-direct-question-even-thou_1453475.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45b/paulo-coelho-10_asking_never-asking-a-direct-question-even-thou_1453475.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Never asking a direct question, even though the other person can guess what it is you want to know.” — Paulo Coelho", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Life is too short to be wasted in finding answers. 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