--- title: "9 Invisible Quotes By Paulo Coelho" description: "9 Invisible quotes by Paulo Coelho. Plus more from Paulo Coelho and more Invisible sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a5/paulo-coelho-10_inspirational_the-visible-is-always-a-mirror-of-the-in_2820604.jpg" --- > [The visible is always a mirror of the invisible. The reality is imagined before it manifests itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/the-visible-is-always-a-mirror-of-the-invisible-the-reality-is/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a5/paulo-coelho-10_inspirational_the-visible-is-always-a-mirror-of-the-in_2820604.jpg) > [Many people in this world are merely playing a role, unaware that there is an Invisible Hand guiding them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/many-people-in-this-world-are-merely-playing-a-role-unaware-that/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c1/paulo-coelho-10_hands_many-people-in-this-world-are-merely-pla_2232352.jpg) > [What the eyes don't see, the heart doesn't grieve over](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/what-the-eyes-don-t-see-the-heart-doesn-t-grieve-over/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b02/paulo-coelho-10_grieving_what-the-eyes-don-t-see-the-heart-doesn_1834909.jpg) > [Our soul is governed by four invisible forces: love, death, power and time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/our-soul-is-governed-by-four-invisible-forces-love-death-power-and/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/351/paulo-coelho-10_death_our-soul-is-governed-by-four-invisible-f_1470206.jpg) > [Magical places are always beautiful and deserve to be contemplated ... Always stay on the bridge between the invisible and the visible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/magical-places-are-always-beautiful-and-deserve-to-be-contemplated/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d77/paulo-coelho-10_beautiful_magical-places-are-always-beautiful-and_2144861.jpg) > [I was trying to come round to the idea that there might be an invisible reality capable of interfering in our lives,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-was-trying-to-come-round-to-the-idea-that-there-might-be-an/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/201/paulo-coelho-10_believe_i-was-trying-to-come-round-to-the-idea-t_743723.jpg) > [“People give flowers as presents because flowers contain the true meaning of love. Anyone tries to possess a flower will have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/people-give-flowers-as-presents-because-flowers-contain-the-true-2/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/893/paulo-coelho-10_faith_people-give-flowers-as-presents-because_634679.jpg) > [I do believe that everything we see, everything that is in front of us is just the visible part of reality. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-do-believe-that-everything-we-see-everything-that-is-in-front-of-us/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d09/paulo-coelho-10_believe_i-do-believe-that-everything-we-see-ever_584055.jpg) > [We are told from childhood onward that everything we want to do is impossible. We grow up with this idea, and as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/we-are-told-from-childhood-onward-that-everything-we-want-to-do-is/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/963/paulo-coelho-10_buried_we-are-told-from-childhood-onward-that-e_1940759.jpg) ## Other authors on Invisible ## 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/invisible/paulo-coelho/#itemlist", "name": "9 Invisible Quotes By Paulo Coelho", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The visible is always a mirror of the invisible. 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