--- title: "20 Next Quotes By Paulo Coelho" description: "20 Next quotes by Paulo Coelho. Plus more from Paulo Coelho and more Next sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bc/paulo-coelho-10_avalanches_sometimes-life-is-very-mean-a-person-can_1108793.jpg" --- > [Sometimes life is very mean: a person can spend days, weeks, months and years without feeling new. Then, when a door opens…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/sometimes-life-is-very-mean-a-person-can-spend-days-weeks-months-and/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bc/paulo-coelho-10_avalanches_sometimes-life-is-very-mean-a-person-can_1108793.jpg) > [No one knows what is going to happen in the next few minutes, and yet people still go forward, because they have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/no-one-knows-what-is-going-to-happen-in-the-next-few-minutes-and-yet/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b5/paulo-coelho-10_faith_no-one-knows-what-is-going-to-happen-in_341062.jpg) > [When each day is the same as the next, it’s because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/when-each-day-is-the-same-as-the-next-it-s-because-people-fail-to/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d7/paulo-coelho-10_each-day_when-each-day-is-the-same-as-the-next-it_56749.jpg) > [If he waits for the ideal moment, he will never set off; he requires a touch of madness to take the next…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/if-he-waits-for-the-ideal-moment-he-will-never-set-off-he-requires-a/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/335/paulo-coelho-10_impossible_if-he-waits-for-the-ideal-moment-he-will_85938.jpg) > [All you have to do is to pay attention; lessons always arrive when you are ready, and if you can read the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/all-you-have-to-do-is-to-pay-attention-lessons-always-arrive-when-you-2/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6f/paulo-coelho-10_attention_all-you-have-to-do-is-to-pay-attention-l_1095430.jpg) > [Long distance relationships are living proof that love is not just physical. I can feel you next to me even when you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/long-distance-relationships-are-living-proof-that-love-is-not-just/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cde/paulo-coelho-10_distance_long-distance-relationships-are-living-p_2941368.jpg) > [Defeat exists but not suffering. A true warrior knows that when he loses a battle, he is improving the skill with which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/defeat-exists-but-not-suffering-a-true-warrior-knows-that-when-he/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/524/paulo-coelho-10_able_defeat-exists-but-not-suffering-a-true-w_1635174.jpg) > [The end of one stage is only the beginning of another. Any dangers overcome are the necessary preparation to do better in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/the-end-of-one-stage-is-only-the-beginning-of-another-any-dangers/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea3/paulo-coelho-10_danger_the-end-of-one-stage-is-only-the-beginni_2060944.jpg) > [Love was undoubtedly one of the things capable of changing a person's whole life, from one moment to the next. But there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/love-was-undoubtedly-one-of-the-things-capable-of-changing-a-person-s/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80d/paulo-coelho-10_capable_love-was-undoubtedly-one-of-the-things-c_1251797.jpg) > [How many of us will be saved the pain of seeing the most important things in our lives disappearing from one moment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/how-many-of-us-will-be-saved-the-pain-of-seeing-the-most-important/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dd/paulo-coelho-10_alive_how-many-of-us-will-be-saved-the-pain-of_990158.jpg) > [A writer always wears glasses and never combs his hair. Half the time he feels angry about everything and the other half…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/a-writer-always-wears-glasses-and-never-combs-his-hair-half-the-time/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/445/paulo-coelho-10_angry_a-writer-always-wears-glasses-and-never_761105.jpg) > [Yes, my mind was wandering. I wished I were there with someone who could bring peace to my heart someone with whom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/yes-my-mind-was-wandering-i-wished-i-were-there-with-someone-who/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/941/paulo-coelho-10_being-afraid_yes-my-mind-was-wandering-i-wished-i-wer_196246.jpg) > [Try doing something different every day-like talking to the person at the next table to you in a restaurant, visiting a hospital,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/try-doing-something-different-every-day-like-talking-to-the-person-at/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d3/paulo-coelho-10_allowing_try-doing-something-different-every-day_2565299.jpg) > [I learned that the search for God is a Dark Night, that Faith is a Dark Night. And that’s hardly a surprise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-learned-that-the-search-for-god-is-a-dark-night-that-faith-is-a/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab4/paulo-coelho-10_dark_i-learned-that-the-search-for-god-is-a-d_2479484.jpg) > [Thy will be done, my Lord. Because you know the weakness in the heart of your children, and you assign each of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/thy-will-be-done-my-lord-because-you-know-the-weakness-in-the-heart/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8d/paulo-coelho-10_able_thy-will-be-done-my-lord-because-you-kno_556056.jpg) > [This is for you,' he (the Alchemist) said, holding one of the parts (of gold) out to the monk. 'It's for your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/this-is-for-you-he-the-alchemist-said-holding-one-of-the-parts-of/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d5/paulo-coelho-10_alchemist_this-is-for-you-he-the-alchemist-said-ho_1476259.jpg) > [A best friend is someone with whom you can sit on the porch, without a word, and then walk away with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/a-best-friend-is-someone-with-whom-you-can-sit-on-the-porch-without-a/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56e/paulo-coelho-10_beats_a-best-friend-is-someone-with-whom-you-c_2404052.jpg) > [When desire is still in this pure state, the man and the woman fall in love with life, they live each moment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/when-desire-is-still-in-this-pure-state-the-man-and-the-woman-fall-in/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8d/paulo-coelho-10_action_when-desire-is-still-in-this-pure-state_3126504.jpg) > [The only trap I must beware not to fall into, is to think that each day is the same as the next.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/the-only-trap-i-must-beware-not-to-fall-into-is-to-think-that-each/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4b/paulo-coelho-10_attention_the-only-trap-i-must-beware-not-to-fall_216270.jpg) > [Haven't you learned anything, not even with the approach of death? Stop thinking all the time that you're in the way, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/haven-t-you-learned-anything-not-even-with-the-approach-of-death-stop/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/035/paulo-coelho-10_approach_haven-t-you-learned-anything-not-even-wi_656960.jpg) ## Other authors on Next ## 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/next/paulo-coelho/#itemlist", "name": "20 Next Quotes By Paulo Coelho", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sometimes life is very mean: a person can spend days, weeks, months and years without feeling new. 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