Our human condition makes us tend to share only the best of ourselves, because we are always searching for love and approval — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“Seize every oppurtunity that life offers you because when oppotunities go, it will take a long time to come back.” — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
When he is forced to perform the same task several times, the Warrior uses this tactic and transforms work into prayer. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
The moment we set off in search of love, it sets off in search of us. And saves us. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“a man is also a woman; he wants to find someone, to give meaning to his life.” — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
It's a good idea always to do something relaxing prior to making an important decision in your life. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
The old shepherd was right: The only solution was to forget a part of uncertainty and create a new history for oneself. — 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
“Because I don’t live in either my past or my future. I’m interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always… — 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
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
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
My turning point was my pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. It was then that I, who had dedicated most of my life… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Before there was a proper understanding and a sense of God's presence, the idea that everything would one day end was utterly… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
We must eat three meals a day, even if we're not hungry, and when we fail to fit the current ideal of… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
It is not difficult to rebuild a life. All we need is to be aware that we have the same strength we… — 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
Time that never ends, that never passes, that remains in the present, where all of life's secrets lie. — 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
“Because that is what real success means: enriching your life, not cramming your coffers with gold.” — 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
Dreaming is very pleasant as long as you are not forced to put your dreams into practice. — 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
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
When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself. — 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
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
“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
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 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
“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
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
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
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