“If someone isn't what others want them to be, the others become angry.” — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Life is like the Internet: sometimes is almost impossible to connect. — 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
Spending years studying at university only to find out at the end of it all that you're unemployable. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Dreaming is very pleasant as long as you are not forced to put your dreams into practice. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Assuming that women don't like football and that men aren't intersted in home decorating and cooking. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“Because that is what real success means: enriching your life, not cramming your coffers with gold.” — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I fell asleep and dreamed that life was only Happiness. I woke and discovered that life was Duty. I did my Duty… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Time that never ends, that never passes, that remains in the present, where all of life's secrets lie. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Postponing doing the really interesting things in life for later, when you don't have the energy. — 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
Every man has a feminine side, and every woman a masculine side. It is important to use discipline with intuition, and to… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Assuming, as you grow older, that you're the guardian of the world's wisdom, even if you haven't necessarily lived enough to know… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
The only faults considered grave are the following: not respecting the rights of one's neighbor, letting oneself be paralyzed by fear, feeling… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“Well, then, why should I listen to my heart?" the boy said "Because you will never again be able to keep it… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Life is made of our attitudes. And there are certain things that the gods oblige us to live through. Their reason for… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
He seemed to be talking about my fears, my insecurity, and my unwillingness to see what was wonderful because tomorrow it might… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“She felt vulnerable and alone. Once again, she felt that life was not treating her as it treated other people - it… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“She wasn’t afraid of difficulties; what frightened her was being forced to choose one particular path. Choosing a path meant having to… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“In desperate attempt to give meaning to life, many turn to religion, because a struggle in the name of a faith is… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
In his or her life, each person can take one of two attitudes: to build or to plant. Builders may take years… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Respect your body: you can only climb a mountain if you give your body the attention it deserves. You have all the… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“Therefore, although anxiety is part of life, never let it control you. If it comes too close, say: “I’m not worried about… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Going after a dream has a price. It may mean abandoning our habits, it may make us go through hardships, or it… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“I saw the endless steppes, which, although they appeared to be nothing but desert, were, in fact, full of life, full of… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Life is too short to be wasted in finding answers. Enjoy the questions. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Life moves very fast. It rushes from Heaven to Hell in a matter of seconds — 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
