--- title: "15 Given Quotes By Paulo Coelho" description: "15 Given quotes by Paulo Coelho. Plus more from Paulo Coelho and more Given sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a0/paulo-coelho-10_acting_each-human-being-was-given-two-possibili_412020.jpg" --- > [Each human being was given two possibilities: action and contemplation. Both lead to the same place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/each-human-being-was-given-two-possibilities-action-and-contemplation/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a0/paulo-coelho-10_acting_each-human-being-was-given-two-possibili_412020.jpg) > [Loving means being open to miracles, to victories and defeats, to everything that happens each day that was given us to walk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/loving-means-being-open-to-miracles-to-victories-and-defeats-to/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/111/paulo-coelho-10_defeat_loving-means-being-open-to-miracles-to-v_2475578.jpg) > [Any given thing on the face of the earth could reveal the history of all things](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/any-given-thing-on-the-face-of-the-earth-could-reveal-the-history-of/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92c/paulo-coelho-10_earth_any-given-thing-on-the-face-of-the-earth_1065977.jpg) > [We can't choose our lives, but we can DECIDE what to do with the joys or griefs we're given.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/we-can-t-choose-our-lives-but-we-can-decide-what-to-do-with-the-joys/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/433/paulo-coelho-10_death_we-can-t-choose-our-lives-but-we-can-dec_1945208.jpg) > [Each human being was given two qualities: power and the gift. Power directs us towards our destiny; the gift obliges us to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/each-human-being-was-given-two-qualities-power-and-the-gift-power/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93e/paulo-coelho-10_destiny_each-human-being-was-given-two-qualities_1441965.jpg) > [I could have.What does this phrase mean? At any given moment in our lives, there are certain things that could have heppened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-could-have-what-does-this-phrase-mean-at-any-given-moment-in-our/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b8/paulo-coelho-10_certain_i-could-have-what-does-this-phrase-mean_2367583.jpg) > [About the nature of human beings. I discovered that confronted by temptation, we will always fall. Given the right circumstances, every human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/about-the-nature-of-human-beings-i-discovered-that-confronted-by/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a7/paulo-coelho-10_circumstances_about-the-nature-of-human-beings-i-disco_773359.jpg) > [I want to be someone capable of seeing the unseen faces, of seeing those who do not seek fame or glory, who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-want-to-be-someone-capable-of-seeing-the-unseen-faces-of-seeing-2/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f45/paulo-coelho-10_able_i-want-to-be-someone-capable-of-seeing-t_1758373.jpg) > [Make whatever decision you wish but never forget one thing: all of you are much better than you believed. Take advantage of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/make-whatever-decision-you-wish-but-never-forget-one-thing-all-of-you/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e3/paulo-coelho-10_advantage_make-whatever-decision-you-wish-but-neve_1023468.jpg) > [When I had nothing more to lose, I was given everything. When I ceased to be who I am, I found myself.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/when-i-had-nothing-more-to-lose-i-was-given-everything-when-i-ceased-2/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e89/paulo-coelho-10_destiny_when-i-had-nothing-more-to-lose-i-was-gi_2212609.jpg) > [She looked at her own past, and, for the first time, she forgave herself: it hadn't been her fault, but the fault…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/she-looked-at-her-own-past-and-for-the-first-time-she-forgave-herself/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/709/paulo-coelho-10_boys_she-looked-at-her-own-past-and-for-the-f_1654351.jpg) > [When faced with a loss, it is no use trying to recover what has gone. On the other hand, a great space…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/when-faced-with-a-loss-it-is-no-use-trying-to-recover-what-has-gone/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee7/paulo-coelho-10_contradictory_when-faced-with-a-loss-it-is-no-use-tryi_77823.jpg) > [We are all a little weird and life's a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/we-are-all-a-little-weird-and-life-s-a-little-weird-and-when-we-find-2/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81a/paulo-coelho-10_always-with-you_we-are-all-a-little-weird-and-life-s-a-l_274912.jpg) > [I am my own best friend and my own worst enemy. Before coming here, I was thinking I don't deserve it, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-am-my-own-best-friend-and-my-own-worst-enemy-before-coming-here-i/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64d/paulo-coelho-10_able_i-am-my-own-best-friend-and-my-own-worst_2721462.jpg) > [The present moment, though, is outside of time, it’s Eternity. In India they use the word “karma” for lack of any better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/the-present-moment-though-is-outside-of-time-it-s-eternity-in-india/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a98/paulo-coelho-10_eternity_the-present-moment-though-is-outside-of_853186.jpg) ## Other authors on Given ## 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/given/paulo-coelho/#itemlist", "name": "15 Given Quotes By Paulo Coelho", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Each human being was given two possibilities: action and contemplation. Both lead to the same place.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paulo Coelho" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/each-human-being-was-given-two-possibilities-action-and-contemplation/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a0/paulo-coelho-10_acting_each-human-being-was-given-two-possibili_412020.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a0/paulo-coelho-10_acting_each-human-being-was-given-two-possibili_412020.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a0/paulo-coelho-10_acting_each-human-being-was-given-two-possibili_412020.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Each human being was given two possibilities: action and contemplation. Both lead to the same place.” — Paulo Coelho", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Loving means being open to miracles, to victories and defeats, to everything that happens each day that was given us to walk upon the face of the Earth.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paulo Coelho" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/loving-means-being-open-to-miracles-to-victories-and-defeats-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/111/paulo-coelho-10_defeat_loving-means-being-open-to-miracles-to-v_2475578.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/111/paulo-coelho-10_defeat_loving-means-being-open-to-miracles-to-v_2475578.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/111/paulo-coelho-10_defeat_loving-means-being-open-to-miracles-to-v_2475578.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Loving means being open to miracles, to victories and defeats, to everything that happens each day that was…” — Paulo Coelho", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Any given thing on the face of the earth could reveal the history of all things", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paulo Coelho" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/any-given-thing-on-the-face-of-the-earth-could-reveal-the-history-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92c/paulo-coelho-10_earth_any-given-thing-on-the-face-of-the-earth_1065977.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92c/paulo-coelho-10_earth_any-given-thing-on-the-face-of-the-earth_1065977.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92c/paulo-coelho-10_earth_any-given-thing-on-the-face-of-the-earth_1065977.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Any given thing on the face of the earth could reveal the history of all things” — Paulo Coelho", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We can't choose our lives, but we can DECIDE what to do with the joys or griefs we're given.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paulo Coelho" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/we-can-t-choose-our-lives-but-we-can-decide-what-to-do-with-the-joys/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/433/paulo-coelho-10_death_we-can-t-choose-our-lives-but-we-can-dec_1945208.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/433/paulo-coelho-10_death_we-can-t-choose-our-lives-but-we-can-dec_1945208.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/433/paulo-coelho-10_death_we-can-t-choose-our-lives-but-we-can-dec_1945208.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We can't choose our lives, but we can DECIDE what to do with the joys or griefs we're given.” — Paulo Coelho", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Each human being was given two qualities: power and the gift. Power directs us towards our destiny; the gift obliges us to share with others what is best in us.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paulo Coelho" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/each-human-being-was-given-two-qualities-power-and-the-gift-power/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93e/paulo-coelho-10_destiny_each-human-being-was-given-two-qualities_1441965.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93e/paulo-coelho-10_destiny_each-human-being-was-given-two-qualities_1441965.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93e/paulo-coelho-10_destiny_each-human-being-was-given-two-qualities_1441965.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Each human being was given two qualities: power and the gift. Power directs us towards our destiny; the gift…” — Paulo Coelho", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I could have.What does this phrase mean? At any given moment in our lives, there are certain things that could have heppened but, didn't. The magic moments go unrecognized, and then suddenly, the hand of destiny changes everything.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paulo Coelho" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-could-have-what-does-this-phrase-mean-at-any-given-moment-in-our/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b8/paulo-coelho-10_certain_i-could-have-what-does-this-phrase-mean_2367583.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b8/paulo-coelho-10_certain_i-could-have-what-does-this-phrase-mean_2367583.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b8/paulo-coelho-10_certain_i-could-have-what-does-this-phrase-mean_2367583.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I could have.What does this phrase mean? At any given moment in our lives, there are certain things that…” — Paulo Coelho", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "About the nature of human beings. I discovered that confronted by temptation, we will always fall. Given the right circumstances, every human being on this earth would be willing to commit evil.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paulo Coelho" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/about-the-nature-of-human-beings-i-discovered-that-confronted-by/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a7/paulo-coelho-10_circumstances_about-the-nature-of-human-beings-i-disco_773359.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a7/paulo-coelho-10_circumstances_about-the-nature-of-human-beings-i-disco_773359.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a7/paulo-coelho-10_circumstances_about-the-nature-of-human-beings-i-disco_773359.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“About the nature of human beings. I discovered that confronted by temptation, we will always fall. Given the…” — Paulo Coelho", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I want to be someone capable of seeing the unseen faces, of seeing those who do not seek fame or glory, who silently fulfil the role life has given them. I want to be able to do this because the most important things, those that shape our existence, are precisely the ones that never show their faces.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paulo Coelho" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-want-to-be-someone-capable-of-seeing-the-unseen-faces-of-seeing-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f45/paulo-coelho-10_able_i-want-to-be-someone-capable-of-seeing-t_1758373.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f45/paulo-coelho-10_able_i-want-to-be-someone-capable-of-seeing-t_1758373.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f45/paulo-coelho-10_able_i-want-to-be-someone-capable-of-seeing-t_1758373.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I want to be someone capable of seeing the unseen faces, of seeing those who do not seek fame or glory, who…” — Paulo Coelho", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Make whatever decision you wish but never forget one thing: all of you are much better than you believed. Take advantage of the chance that tragedy has given you; not everyone is capable of doing so", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paulo Coelho" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/make-whatever-decision-you-wish-but-never-forget-one-thing-all-of-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e3/paulo-coelho-10_advantage_make-whatever-decision-you-wish-but-neve_1023468.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e3/paulo-coelho-10_advantage_make-whatever-decision-you-wish-but-neve_1023468.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e3/paulo-coelho-10_advantage_make-whatever-decision-you-wish-but-neve_1023468.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Make whatever decision you wish but never forget one thing: all of you are much better than you believed…” — Paulo Coelho", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I had nothing more to lose, I was given everything. When I ceased to be who I am, I found myself. When I experienced humiliation and yet kept on walking, I understood that I was free to choose my destiny.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paulo Coelho" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/when-i-had-nothing-more-to-lose-i-was-given-everything-when-i-ceased-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e89/paulo-coelho-10_destiny_when-i-had-nothing-more-to-lose-i-was-gi_2212609.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e89/paulo-coelho-10_destiny_when-i-had-nothing-more-to-lose-i-was-gi_2212609.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e89/paulo-coelho-10_destiny_when-i-had-nothing-more-to-lose-i-was-gi_2212609.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When I had nothing more to lose, I was given everything. When I ceased to be who I am, I found myself. When…” — Paulo Coelho", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "She looked at her own past, and, for the first time, she forgave herself: it hadn't been her fault, but the fault of that insecure little boy, who had given up after the first attempt.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paulo Coelho" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/she-looked-at-her-own-past-and-for-the-first-time-she-forgave-herself/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/709/paulo-coelho-10_boys_she-looked-at-her-own-past-and-for-the-f_1654351.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/709/paulo-coelho-10_boys_she-looked-at-her-own-past-and-for-the-f_1654351.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/709/paulo-coelho-10_boys_she-looked-at-her-own-past-and-for-the-f_1654351.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“She looked at her own past, and, for the first time, she forgave herself: it hadn't been her fault, but the…” — Paulo Coelho", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When faced with a loss, it is no use trying to recover what has gone. On the other hand, a great space has been opened up in your life - there it lies, empty, waiting to be filled with something new. At the moment of one's loss, contradictory as this might seem, one is being given a large slice of freedom.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paulo Coelho" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/when-faced-with-a-loss-it-is-no-use-trying-to-recover-what-has-gone/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee7/paulo-coelho-10_contradictory_when-faced-with-a-loss-it-is-no-use-tryi_77823.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee7/paulo-coelho-10_contradictory_when-faced-with-a-loss-it-is-no-use-tryi_77823.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee7/paulo-coelho-10_contradictory_when-faced-with-a-loss-it-is-no-use-tryi_77823.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When faced with a loss, it is no use trying to recover what has gone. On the other hand, a great space has…” — Paulo Coelho", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We are all a little weird and life's a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love. Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity. I've fallen in love many times... always with you. What I need to live has been given to me by the earth. Why I need to live has been given to me by you. Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paulo Coelho" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/we-are-all-a-little-weird-and-life-s-a-little-weird-and-when-we-find-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81a/paulo-coelho-10_always-with-you_we-are-all-a-little-weird-and-life-s-a-l_274912.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81a/paulo-coelho-10_always-with-you_we-are-all-a-little-weird-and-life-s-a-l_274912.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81a/paulo-coelho-10_always-with-you_we-are-all-a-little-weird-and-life-s-a-l_274912.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We are all a little weird and life's a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible…” — Paulo Coelho", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am my own best friend and my own worst enemy. Before coming here, I was thinking I don't deserve it, that i wouldn't be able to meet your expectations, and that you had probably chosen the wrong candidate. At the same time, my heart was telling me that i was being rewarded because i hadn't given up and had fought to the end", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paulo Coelho" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-am-my-own-best-friend-and-my-own-worst-enemy-before-coming-here-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64d/paulo-coelho-10_able_i-am-my-own-best-friend-and-my-own-worst_2721462.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64d/paulo-coelho-10_able_i-am-my-own-best-friend-and-my-own-worst_2721462.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64d/paulo-coelho-10_able_i-am-my-own-best-friend-and-my-own-worst_2721462.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I am my own best friend and my own worst enemy. Before coming here, I was thinking I don't deserve it, that…” — Paulo Coelho", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The present moment, though, is outside of time, it’s Eternity. In India they use the word “karma” for lack of any better term. But it’s a concept that’s rarely given a proper explanation. It isn’t what you did in the past that will affect the present. It’s what you do in the present that will redeem the past and thereby change the future.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paulo Coelho" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/the-present-moment-though-is-outside-of-time-it-s-eternity-in-india/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a98/paulo-coelho-10_eternity_the-present-moment-though-is-outside-of_853186.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a98/paulo-coelho-10_eternity_the-present-moment-though-is-outside-of_853186.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a98/paulo-coelho-10_eternity_the-present-moment-though-is-outside-of_853186.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The present moment, though, is outside of time, it’s Eternity. In India they use the word “karma” for lack…” — Paulo Coelho", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/given/paulo-coelho/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/given/paulo-coelho/", "name": "Given Quotes by Paulo Coelho", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/given/paulo-coelho/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a0/paulo-coelho-10_acting_each-human-being-was-given-two-possibili_412020.jpg" }, "description": "15 Given quotes by Paulo Coelho. Plus more from Paulo Coelho and more Given sayings from other authors.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/given/paulo-coelho/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/given/paulo-coelho/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Given", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/given/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "name": "Paulo Coelho", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/given/paulo-coelho/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```