--- title: "7 Seeking Quotes By Paulo Coelho" description: "7 Seeking quotes by Paulo Coelho. Plus more from Paulo Coelho and more Seeking sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52c/paulo-coelho-10_clear_when-we-set-out-on-the-path-we-always-ha_855152.jpg" --- > [When we set out on the path, we always have a fairly clear idea of what we hope to find. Women are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/when-we-set-out-on-the-path-we-always-have-a-fairly-clear-idea-of/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52c/paulo-coelho-10_clear_when-we-set-out-on-the-path-we-always-ha_855152.jpg) > [“The path to wisdom is to be yourself. Stop "seeking".”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/the-path-to-wisdom-is-to-be-yourself-stop-seeking/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac4/paulo-coelho-10_journey_the-path-to-wisdom-is-to-be-yourself-sto_1208792.jpg) > [“A man runs into an old friend who had somehow never been able to make it in life. "I should give him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/a-man-runs-into-an-old-friend-who-had-somehow-never-been-able-to-make/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eab/paulo-coelho-10_entire-life_a-man-runs-into-an-old-friend-who-had-so_1798856.jpg) > [If we seek something, that same thing is seeking us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/if-we-seek-something-that-same-thing-is-seeking-us/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10f/paulo-coelho-10_quote_if-we-seek-something-that-same-thing-is_2059048.jpg) > [“When we want something, we have to have a clear purpose in mind for the thing that we want. The only reason…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/when-we-want-something-we-have-to-have-a-clear-purpose-in-mind-for/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/321/paulo-coelho-10_goal_when-we-want-something-we-have-to-have-a_2512245.jpg) > [They were seeking out the treasure of their destiny, without actually wanting to live out their destiny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/they-were-seeking-out-the-treasure-of-their-destiny-without-actually/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b01/paulo-coelho-10_destiny_they-were-seeking-out-the-treasure-of-th_2816760.jpg) > [Don't be someone that searches, finds and then runs away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/don-t-be-someone-that-searches-finds-and-then-runs-away/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/452/paulo-coelho-10_achieve_don-t-be-someone-that-searches-finds-and_3049134.jpg) ## Other authors on Seeking ## 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/seeking/paulo-coelho/#itemlist", "name": "7 Seeking Quotes By Paulo Coelho", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When we set out on the path, we always have a fairly clear idea of what we hope to find. 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