The more you understand yourself, the more you will understand the world. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
We become imprisoned by our memories, and that makes our lives wretched. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I believe that I am guided by chance encounters. I believe in the miracle of chance encounters. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Do not try to explain feelings. Live everything intensely and treasure what you feel as a gift from God. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
The three classic ways in which the Devil tempts us are with a threat, a promise or a seduction. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“The previous day, the world had made sense, even without love's presence. But now we needed each other in order to see… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
One can abandon one's personal legend for a time, as long as one does not forget about it entirely and returns to… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Love is a complicated path, and that path can lead us up to heaven or hurl us down into hell. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
He remembers the five rules of combat set down by Chuan Tzu - faith, companions, time, space and strategy. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
It's the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary; only wise men are able to understand them. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I think the big danger of madness is not madness itself, but the habit of madness. What I discovered during the time… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Tell your story: yes, tell your story! Give your example. Tell everyone that it's possible, and other people will then have the… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
We must play music quietly, talk quietly, weep in private, because I am the all-powerful Zahir, who lays down the rules and… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
The light of love flows out of my soul, but it can go nowhere because it's blocked by pain. I could inhale… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Each human being has the right to seek out joy, joy being understood as something which makes one content - not necessarily… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“I ask myself: Are Defeats necessary ? Well,necessary or not, they happen. When we first begin fighting for our dream, we've no… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.” ― Paulo Coelho, “If you believe… — 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
Love appears and says: "You think you're heading towards a specific point, but the whole justification for the goal's existence lies in… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“In magic - and in life - there is only the present moment, the now. You can't measure time the way you… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“people need not fear the unknown if they are capable of achieving what they need and want. “We are afraid of losing… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
We must love because we are loved by God. We must be conscious of death if we are to have a proper… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“Despite her apparent freedom, her life consisted of endless hours spent waiting for a miracle, for true love, for an adventure with… — 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
A best friend is someone with whom you can sit on the porch, without a word, and then walk away with the… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
The busiest people I have known in my life always have time enough to do everything. Those who do nothing are always… — 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
The world has a soul and whoever understands that soul can also understand the language of many things. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share
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
To love is to be in communion with the other and to discover in that other the spark of God. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share
It is not enough to dream of the Impossible Love - it is necessary to conquer it too. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share
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
“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
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
The past and the future become unimportant. There is only that moment, and the incredible certainty that everything under the sun has been written… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share
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… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share
