I believe that I am guided by chance encounters. I believe in the miracle of chance encounters. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
The end of one stage is only the beginning of another. Any dangers overcome are the necessary preparation to do better in… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Courage. By beginning the journey with that word and continuing with faith in God, you will arrive wherever you need to arrive. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Even if loving meant leaving, or solitude, or sorrow, love was worth every penny of its price. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
A Warrior of Light needs love. Love and affection are part of his nature. He makes use of solitude, but is not… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Death is our constant companion, and it is death that gives each person's life its true meaning. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
We must at all costs avoid saying no because people prefer those who say yes, and this allows us to survive in… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
True love allows each person to follow his or her own path, aware that doing so can never drive them apart. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Don't expect your genius to be discovered; do what you must do because it gives you joy. Don't expect your love to… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Lose what? A man only has a soul to be won or lost; apart from his life, he has nothing. Past or… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“Elegance is the correct posture if the writing is to be perfect. It’s the same with life: when all superfluous things have… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I believe enlightenment or revelation comes in daily life. I look for joy, the peace of action. You need action. I'd have… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
If we accept all that is wrong about us - and despite it, believe that we are deserving of a happy life… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment,… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Jesus lived a life that was full of joy and contradictions and fights, you know? If they were to paint a picture… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Fear reaches only to the point where the unavoidable begins; from there on, it loses its meaning. And all we have left… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
What interests me in life is curiosity, challenges, the good fight with its victories and defeats. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Life takes us by surprise and orders us to move toward the unknown -even when we don't want to and when we… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
So we contemplate each other, and we want each other, and I give it life and warmth, and it gives me my… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“A man’s message of Faith lies in the way he lives his life and not in the words he says.” — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
we’re allowed to make a lot of mistakes in our lives, except the mistake that destroy us — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
If you live your life fully, you will die only once. But if you are scared, fear will kill you day after… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“I think it's important to realise you can miss something, but not want it back.” — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Working from nine till five every day at something that gives you no pleasure just so that, after thirty years, you can… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“It's called the principle of favorability, beginner's luck. Because life wants to achieve your destiny.” — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Why do we have to listen to our hearts?" the boy asked. "Because, wherever your heart is, that is where you will… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
No one is entirely good or evil; that is what the Warrior thinks when he has a new opponent. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
It's in the present that lies the secret: if you pay attention to the present you will be able to enhance it. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
God, in his infinite wisdom, hid Hell in he middle of Paradise, to keep us on our toes. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
When someone wants something, they must know why they are fighting. This is the only reason to seek a reward. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
He who loves has conquered the world and has no fear of losing anything. True love is an act of total surrender. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“IF YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE FULLY, YOU WILL ONLY DIE ONCE. BUT IF YOU ARE SCARED, FEAR WILL KILL YOU DAY AFTER… — 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
“I will at least have gained one very happy day in my life. Considering the way the world is, one happy day… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
It is necessary to run risks, to follow certain paths and to abandon others. No one can make a choice without feeling… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
The Warrior of the light knows that when somebody wants something, the whole Universe conspires in their favor. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Despising anything that was easy to achieve because if no sacrifice was involved, it obviously isn't worth having. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Everything which is done in the present, affects the future by consequence, and the past by redemption. — 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
