For many years I was trying to find answers only through books but then I realized that basically, life is about experience… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
No one can learn to love by following a manual, and no one can learn to write by following a course. I'm… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
When I had my sheep, I was happy, and I made those around me happy. People saw me coming and welcomed me,… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
We often don’t realize that the extraordinary is to be found in the lives of ordinary people. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
What they forget is that, from Ancient Greece on, the people who returned from battle were either dead on their shields or… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
There are moments when people are incapable of understanding happiness. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
A Warrior knows that his best teachers are the people whom he shares the battlefield. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
The Soul of the World is nourished by people's happiness. And also by unhappiness, envy, and jealousy. To realize one's Personal Legend… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
We need to create a new revolution, and to do that, don’t waste your life: stop pleasing people, and become who you… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
If everyone there just lived their lives and let others do the same, God would be in every moment, in every grain… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
God has a plan for you, you are here in this world because God has a plan for you. And the problem… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
This may sound a little bit idealistic, but when I go to my blog, my Facebook page, my Twitter account, I talk… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Face your path with courage, don't be scared of people's criticism. And, above all, don't let yourself get paralyzed by your own… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
People want to change everything and, at the same time, want it all to remain the same. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
A Warrior trusts other people because, first and foremost, he trusts himself. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I am a person that is very curious about what is going on in the world and there are a lot of… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks. Perhaps this person will never be disappointed or disillusioned; perhaps she won’t… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
People are afraid to pursue their most important dreams, because they feel that they don't deserve them, or that they'll be unable… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I am not a self-help writer. I am a self-problem writer. When people read my books, I provoke some things. I cannot… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Culture makes people understand each other better. And if they understand each other better in their soul, it is easier to overcome… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
My aim is to understand love. I know how alive I felt when I was in love, and I know that everything… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Choose the mountain you want to climb: don't pay attention to what other people say, such as "that one's more beautiful" or… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Perfect people don't drink, don't fight, don't lie, don't make mistakes and...don't exist — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Everyone's looking for the perfect teacher, but although their teachings might be divine, teachers are all too human, and that's something people… — 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