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> [Imagine a new story for your life and start living it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/imagine-a-new-story-for-your-life-and-start-living-it/)

[Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/)

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> [Desire is not what you see, but what you imagine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/desire-is-not-what-you-see-but-what-you-imagine/)

[Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/)

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> [I don’t believe in God as you imagine Him to be, but I believe in many things that you could never even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-don-t-believe-in-god-as-you-imagine-him-to-be-but-i-believe-in-many/)

[Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/)

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> [We forget that the world is what we imagine it to be. We stop being the sun and become, instead, the pool…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/we-forget-that-the-world-is-what-we-imagine-it-to-be-we-stop-being/)

[Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/)

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> [If you have a past with which you feel dissatisfied, then forget it, now. Imagine a new story for your life and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/if-you-have-a-past-with-which-you-feel-dissatisfied-then-forget-it/)

[Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/)

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> [Suffering occurs when we want other people to love us in the way we imagine we want to be loved, and not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/suffering-occurs-when-we-want-other-people-to-love-us-in-the-way-we/)

[Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/)

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> [However good we are, however correctly we seek to lead our lives, tragedies do occur. We can blame others, look for justification,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/however-good-we-are-however-correctly-we-seek-to-lead-our-lives/)

[Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/)

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> [Tragedies do happen. We can discover the reason, blame others, imagine how different our lives would be had they not occurred. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/tragedies-do-happen-we-can-discover-the-reason-blame-others-imagine/)

[Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/)

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> [The world is being created and destroyed in this very moment. Whoever you met will reappear, whoever you lost will return. Don’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/the-world-is-being-created-and-destroyed-in-this-very-moment-whoever/)

[Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/)

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> [Why do they make things so complicated?" "So that those who have the responsibility for understanding can understand.," he said. "Imagine if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/why-do-they-make-things-so-complicated-so-that-those-who-have-the-2/)

[Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/)

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> [When we turn around & come face to face with our destiny, we discover that words (spoken) are not enough. I know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/when-we-turn-around-come-face-to-face-with-our-destiny-we-discover/)

[Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/)

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> [But time, as well as healing all wounds, taught me something strange too: that it's possible to love more than one person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/but-time-as-well-as-healing-all-wounds-taught-me-something-strange/)

[Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/)

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> [I gaze lovingly at "Hilal" a love that is reflected through time or what we imagine to be time, as in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-gaze-lovingly-at-hilal-a-love-that-is-reflected-through-time-or/)

[Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/)

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> [..there is nothing worse than the feeling that no one cares whether we exist or not, that no one is interested in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/there-is-nothing-worse-than-the-feeling-that-no-one-cares-whether-we/)

[Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/)

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> [Wait. This was the first lesson I had learned about love. The day drags along, you make thousands of plans, you imagine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/wait-this-was-the-first-lesson-i-had-learned-about-love-the-day-drags/)

[Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/)

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> [Beauty is present in all creation, but the danger lies in the fact that we allow ourselves to be influenced by what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/beauty-is-present-in-all-creation-but-the-danger-lies-in-the-fact/)

[Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/)

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## Other authors on Imagine

## 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/)

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                        "text": "When we turn around & come face to face with our destiny, we discover that words (spoken) are not enough. I know so many people who are brilliant speakers but are quite incapable of practising what they preach. It's one thing to describe a situation & quite another to experience it. I realised a long time ago that a warrior in search of his dream must take his inspiration from what he actually does & not from what he imagines himself doing.",
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                        "text": "But time, as well as healing all wounds, taught me something strange too: that it's possible to love more than one person in a lifetime. I remarried. I'm very happy with my new wife, and I can't imagine living without her. This, however, doesn't mean that I have to renounce all my past experiences, as long as I'm careful not to compare my two lives. You can't measure love the way you can the length of a road or the height of a building.",
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                        "text": "I gaze lovingly at \"Hilal\" a love that is reflected through time or what we imagine to be time, as in a mirror. She was never mine and never will be; that is how it is. We are both creators and creatures, but we are also puppets in God's hands, and there is a line we cannot cross, a line that was drawn for reasons we cannot know. We can approach and even dabble our toes in the river but we are forbidden to plunge in and let ourselves be carried along by the current.",
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                        "text": "..there is nothing worse than the feeling that no one cares whether we exist or not, that no one is interested in what we have to say about life, and that the world can continue turning without our awkward presence. I began to imagine how many millions of people were, at that moment, feeling utterly useless and wretched—however rich, charming, and delightful they might be—because they were alone that night, as they were yesterday, and as they might well be tomorrow.",
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                        "text": "Wait. This was the first lesson I had learned about love. The day drags along, you make thousands of plans, you imagine every possible conversation, you promise to change your behavior in certain ways -- and you feel more and more anxious until your loved one arrives. But by then, you don't know what to say. The hours of waiting have been transformed into tension, the tension has become fear, and the fear makes you embarrassed about showing affection.",
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