“Joy is like sex – it begins and ends. I want pleasure. I want to be contended, but happiness? I no longer… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
We cant choose our lives, but we can decide what to do with the joys or griefs were given. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
When each day is the same as the next, it’s because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Making fun of anyone who seeks happiness rather than money and accusing them of "lacking ambition." — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
However happy people say they are, nobody is satisfied: we always have to be with the prettiest woman, buy a bigger house,… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
The search for happiness is purely personal and not a model we can give to others. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
The boat is safer anchored at the port; but that’s not the aim of boats. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Don't allow your mind to tell your heart what to do. The mind gives up easily — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Everything tells me that I am about to make a wrong decision, but making mistakes is just part of life. What does… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“all people who are happy have God within them. And that happiness could be found in a grain of sand from the… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“The soul of the world is nourished by people's happiness. And also by unhappiness, envy, and jealousy. To realize one's destiny is… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“If he looked back on what his life had been lately, he had perhaps managed two or three days when he had… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Everyone contributes a word, a sentence, an image, but in the end it all makes sense: the happiness of one becomes the… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Stay close to those who sing, tell stories, and enjoy life, and whose eyes sparkle with happiness. Because happiness is contagious and… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“You were in paradise, but you didn’t recognize it. It’s the same with most people in this world; they seek suffering in… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
we are human beings, we are born full of guilt; we feel terrified when happiness becomes a real possibility. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“One evening, for example, he was troubled because he could no longer tell whether or not his actions were pleasing to God.… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
You can achieve anything if you believe in yourself. But the opposite is also true; without strong self-belief you will not go… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Don't ask permission to be happy. Don't beg for forgiveness. Just do it. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
One always has to know when a stage comes to an end. If we insist on staying longer than the necessary time,… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Everything in life is about sharing; it is part of the human condition — 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 Image
The world has a soul and whoever understands that soul can also understand the language of many things. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
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 Image
To love is to be in communion with the other and to discover in that other the spark of God. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
It is not enough to dream of the Impossible Love - it is necessary to conquer it too. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
