Intense, unexpected suffering passes more quickly than suffering that is apparently bearable; the latter goes on for years and, without our noticing,… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
In a world where everyone struggles to survive whatever the cost, how could one judge those people who decide to die? No… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
On some nights, he has nowhere to sleep, on others he suffers from insomnia. "That's just how it is," thinks the warrior.… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Long distance relationships are living proof that love is not just physical. I can feel you next to me even when you're… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
If there is suffering, then it's best to accept it, because it won't go away just because you pretend it's not there.… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose some of… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
PAIN was no longer a cause of suffering, but a source of pleasure, Because they were redeeming humanity from its sins. Pain… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
No one is alone during tribulations - there's always someone else thinking, rejoicing or suffering in the same way. This thought gives… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Joy is sometimes a blessing, but it is often a conquest. Our magic moment help us to change and sends us off… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
At some point, we have each said through our tears, Im suffering for a love thats not worth it. We suffer because… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Does a soldier go to war in order to kill the enemy? no, he goes in order to die for his country.… — 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
My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer, the boy told the alchemist one night as they looked up at… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Suffering occurs when we want other people to love us in the way we imagine we want to be loved, and not… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“Finally, he explained to me that suffering occurs when we want other people to love us in the way we imagine we… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Why don't people's hearts tell them to continue to follow their dreams? [...] Because that's what makes a heart suffer most, and… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Our true friends are those who are with us when the good things happen. They cheer us on and are pleased by… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“You were in paradise, but you didn’t recognize it. It’s the same with most people in this world; they seek suffering in… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
But how to explain suffering because of a man? It's not explainable. With that kind of suffering, a person feels as if… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“This last week has been a little hell for both of us simply because I didn't understand my own feelings. And because… — 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
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 Image
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 Image
“The simpler the pose, the better; the more sober, the more beautiful.” — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image