--- title: "7 Destroying Quotes By Paulo Coelho" description: "7 Destroying quotes by Paulo Coelho. Plus more from Paulo Coelho and more Destroying sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/134/paulo-coelho-10_destroying_love-transforms-love-heals-but-sometimes_414179.jpg" --- > [Love transforms, Love heals. But sometimes it lays deadly traps and ends up destroying the person who decided to surrender himself completely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/love-transforms-love-heals-but-sometimes-it-lays-deadly-traps-and/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/134/paulo-coelho-10_destroying_love-transforms-love-heals-but-sometimes_414179.jpg) > [“One way or another, I have wound up destroying what I've loved. I've seen my dreams fall apart just when I seemed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/one-way-or-another-i-have-wound-up-destroying-what-i-ve-loved-i-ve/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df1/paulo-coelho-10_dreams_one-way-or-another-i-have-wound-up-destr_1431444.jpg) > [Love transforms and love cures;but,sometimes,love builds deadly traps and can end up destroying a person who had resolved to give him or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/love-transforms-and-love-cures-but-sometimes-love-builds-deadly-traps/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0f/paulo-coelho-10_and-love_love-transforms-and-love-cures-but-somet_1703070.jpg) > [I don't care whether it was once sacred or not, I HATE WHAT I DO. It's destroying my soul, making me lose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-don-t-care-whether-it-was-once-sacred-or-not-i-hate-what-i-do-it-s/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/558/paulo-coelho-10_awareness_i-don-t-care-whether-it-was-once-sacred_1740403.jpg) > [One way or another, I have wound up destroying what I've loved. I've seen my dreams fall apart just when I seemed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/one-way-or-another-i-have-wound-up-destroying-what-i-ve-loved-i-ve-2/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f32/paulo-coelho-10_achieve_one-way-or-another-i-have-wound-up-destr_2987560.jpg) > [I have won important things for myself, but I'm going to destroy them, because I tell myself they have lost their meaning.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-have-won-important-things-for-myself-but-i-m-going-to-destroy-them/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/932/paulo-coelho-10_destroying_i-have-won-important-things-for-myself-b_3023255.jpg) > [Why do so many people chose to spend their whole life destroying paths they didn't even want to follow, instead of following…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/why-do-so-many-people-chose-to-spend-their-whole-life-destroying/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42c/paulo-coelho-10_destroying_why-do-so-many-people-chose-to-spend-the_3063342.jpg) ## Other authors on Destroying ## 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/destroying/paulo-coelho/#itemlist", "name": "7 Destroying Quotes By Paulo Coelho", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Love transforms, Love heals. 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