--- title: "21 Doors Quotes By Paulo Coelho" description: "21 Doors quotes by Paulo Coelho. Plus more from Paulo Coelho and more Doors sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4be/paulo-coelho-10_doors_to-one-who-knocks-the-door-will-open-107_1073563.jpg" --- > [To one who knocks, the door will open.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/to-one-who-knocks-the-door-will-open/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4be/paulo-coelho-10_doors_to-one-who-knocks-the-door-will-open-107_1073563.jpg) > [How does light enter a person? Through the open door of love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/how-does-light-enter-a-person-through-the-open-door-of-love/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3f/paulo-coelho-10_doe_how-does-light-enter-a-person-through-th_1540501.jpg) > [With confidence, he open the door of life presented to him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/with-confidence-he-open-the-door-of-life-presented-to-him/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ae/paulo-coelho-10_confidence_with-confidence-he-open-the-door-of-life_2616772.jpg) > [“Avoid those who seek friends in order to maintain a certain social status or to open doors they would not otherwise be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/avoid-those-who-seek-friends-in-order-to-maintain-a-certain-social/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/163/paulo-coelho-10_avoidance_avoid-those-who-seek-friends-in-order-to_2080938.jpg) > [Don't give up. Normally it is the last key on the ring which opens the door.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/don-t-give-up-normally-it-is-the-last-key-on-the-ring-which-opens-the/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c71/paulo-coelho-10_don-t-give-up_don-t-give-up-normally-it-is-the-last-ke_1783664.jpg) > [Enjoy the questions because they open many doors. Forget the answers because they always change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/enjoy-the-questions-because-they-open-many-doors-forget-the-answers/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b0/paulo-coelho-10_answer_enjoy-the-questions-because-they-open-ma_590624.jpg) > [close some doors today. not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because they lead you nowhere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/close-some-doors-today-not-because-of-pride-incapacity-or-arrogance/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce8/paulo-coelho-10_arrogance_close-some-doors-today-not-because-of-pr_3152931.jpg) > [Standing facing the door in an elevator and pretending you're the only person there, no matter how crowded it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/standing-facing-the-door-in-an-elevator-and-pretending-you-re-the/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f17/paulo-coelho-10_crowded_standing-facing-the-door-in-an-elevator_159075.jpg) > [How does light enter a house? If the windows are open. How does light enter a human? If the door of love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/how-does-light-enter-a-house-if-the-windows-are-open-how-does-light/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf7/paulo-coelho-10_doe_how-does-light-enter-a-house-if-the-wind_510114.jpg) > [The day will come when those knocking at the door will see it open; those who ask will receive; those who weep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/the-day-will-come-when-those-knocking-at-the-door-will-see-it-open/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b8/paulo-coelho-10_asks_the-day-will-come-when-those-knocking-at_1190227.jpg) > [Close some doors, not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance but simply because they no longer lead somewhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/close-some-doors-not-because-of-pride-incapacity-or-arrogance-but/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/864/paulo-coelho-10_inspirational_close-some-doors-not-because-of-pride-in_2023481.jpg) > [Love is only a word, until we decide to let it possess us with all its force. Love is only a word,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/love-is-only-a-word-until-we-decide-to-let-it-possess-us-with-all-its/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f01/paulo-coelho-10_don-t-give-up_love-is-only-a-word-until-we-decide-to-l_1420132.jpg) > [Sometimes life is very mean: a person can spend days, weeks, months and years without feeling new. Then, when a door opens…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/sometimes-life-is-very-mean-a-person-can-spend-days-weeks-months-and/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bc/paulo-coelho-10_avalanches_sometimes-life-is-very-mean-a-person-can_1108793.jpg) > [Closing cycles. Not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because that no longer fits your life. Shut the door, change…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/closing-cycles-not-because-of-pride-incapacity-or-arrogance-but/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f7/paulo-coelho-10_arrogance_closing-cycles-not-because-of-pride-inca_563405.jpg) > [It may arrive in the instant when we are doing something mundane, like putting our front-door key in the lock; it may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/it-may-arrive-in-the-instant-when-we-are-doing-something-mundane-like/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/131/paulo-coelho-10_doors_it-may-arrive-in-the-instant-when-we-are_2839529.jpg) > [We don't always choose the best solution but we carry on regardless, trying to remain upright and decent in order to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/we-don-t-always-choose-the-best-solution-but-we-carry-on-regardless/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38e/paulo-coelho-10_decent_we-don-t-always-choose-the-best-solution_3011770.jpg) > [I saw that everything really was written there before me, and that the doors had only been closed before because I hadn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-saw-that-everything-really-was-written-there-before-me-and-that-the/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54d/paulo-coelho-10_authority_i-saw-that-everything-really-was-written_516568.jpg) > [Be blessed. And just as you are transforming your own life, may you transform the lives of those around you. When they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/be-blessed-and-just-as-you-are-transforming-your-own-life-may-you/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be0/paulo-coelho-10_being-blessed_be-blessed-and-just-as-you-are-transform_2798409.jpg) > [That is why it is so important to let certain things go. To release them. To cut loose. People need to understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/that-is-why-it-is-so-important-to-let-certain-things-go-to-release-2/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb7/paulo-coelho-10_arrogance_that-is-why-it-is-so-important-to-let-ce_2667963.jpg) > [One always has to know when a stage comes to an end. If we insist on staying longer than the necessary time,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/one-always-has-to-know-when-a-stage-comes-to-an-end-if-we-insist-on-2/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dca/paulo-coelho-10_chapters_one-always-has-to-know-when-a-stage-come_2420938.jpg) > [When you close that door to nowhere throw away the key, we have a tendency to look back and regret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/when-you-close-that-door-to-nowhere-throw-away-the-key-we-have-a/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b19/paulo-coelho-10_door_when-you-close-that-door-to-nowhere-thro_73454.jpg) ## Other authors on Doors ## 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/doors/paulo-coelho/#itemlist", "name": "21 Doors Quotes By Paulo Coelho", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To one who knocks, the door will open.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paulo Coelho" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/to-one-who-knocks-the-door-will-open/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4be/paulo-coelho-10_doors_to-one-who-knocks-the-door-will-open-107_1073563.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4be/paulo-coelho-10_doors_to-one-who-knocks-the-door-will-open-107_1073563.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4be/paulo-coelho-10_doors_to-one-who-knocks-the-door-will-open-107_1073563.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To one who knocks, the door will open.” — Paulo Coelho", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "How does light enter a person? 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