--- title: "15 Understood Quotes By Paulo Coelho" description: "15 Understood quotes by Paulo Coelho. Plus more from Paulo Coelho and more Understood sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05c/paulo-coelho-10_inspirational_love-doesn-t-need-to-be-understood-it-ne_1087530.jpg" --- > [Love doesn't need to be understood, it needs to be demonstrated](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/love-doesn-t-need-to-be-understood-it-needs-to-be-demonstrated/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05c/paulo-coelho-10_inspirational_love-doesn-t-need-to-be-understood-it-ne_1087530.jpg) > [Love does not to be understood. It needs only to be shown.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/love-does-not-to-be-understood-it-needs-only-to-be-shown/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/051/paulo-coelho-10_doe_love-does-not-to-be-understood-it-needs_2814383.jpg) > [When I had nothing more to lose, I was given everything. When I ceased to be who I am, I found myself.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/when-i-had-nothing-more-to-lose-i-was-given-everything-when-i-ceased-2/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e89/paulo-coelho-10_destiny_when-i-had-nothing-more-to-lose-i-was-gi_2212609.jpg) > [Nobody plays this life with marked cards, so sometimes we win and sometimes we lose. Do not expect anything in return, do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/nobody-plays-this-life-with-marked-cards-so-sometimes-we-win-and/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f42/paulo-coelho-10_appreciated_nobody-plays-this-life-with-marked-cards_707091.jpg) > [You have understood what all great painters understand: in order to forget the rules, you must know them and respect them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/you-have-understood-what-all-great-painters-understand-in-order-to/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/499/paulo-coelho-10_artist_you-have-understood-what-all-great-paint_2261805.jpg) > [If I had a choice, if I had understood earlier that the reason my days were all the same was because I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/if-i-had-a-choice-if-i-had-understood-earlier-that-the-reason-my-days/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/806/paulo-coelho-10_choices_if-i-had-a-choice-if-i-had-understood-ea_1893971.jpg) > [Don’t expect to get anything back, don’t expect recognition for your efforts, don’t expect your genius to be discovered or your love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/don-t-expect-to-get-anything-back-don-t-expect-recognition-for-your-2/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/540/paulo-coelho-10_effort_don-t-expect-to-get-anything-back-don-t_3109819.jpg) > [Esther, however, was the only woman who understood one very simple thing: in order to be able to find her, I first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/esther-however-was-the-only-woman-who-understood-one-very-simple/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/238/paulo-coelho-10_able_esther-however-was-the-only-woman-who-un_860716.jpg) > [Each human being has the right to seek out joy, joy being understood as something which makes one content - not necessarily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/each-human-being-has-the-right-to-seek-out-joy-joy-being-understood/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e89/paulo-coelho-10_happiness_each-human-being-has-the-right-to-seek-o_1964601.jpg) > [I am in the Aleph, the point at which everything is in the same place at the same time. I'm at a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-am-in-the-aleph-the-point-at-which-everything-is-in-the-same-place/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4be/paulo-coelho-10_aleph_i-am-in-the-aleph-the-point-at-which-eve_2387427.jpg) > [The wise men understood that this natural world is only an image and a copy of paradise. The existence of this world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/the-wise-men-understood-that-this-natural-world-is-only-an-image-and/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61d/paulo-coelho-10_copies_the-wise-men-understood-that-this-natura_1539835.jpg) > [There was a language in the world that everyone understood, a language the boy had used throughout the time that he was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/there-was-a-language-in-the-world-that-everyone-understood-a-language/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60b/paulo-coelho-10_accomplished_there-was-a-language-in-the-world-that-e_1317802.jpg) > [I've crossed these sands many times," said one of the camel drivers one night. "But the desert is so huge, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-ve-crossed-these-sands-many-times-said-one-of-the-camel-drivers-one/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae3/paulo-coelho-10_boys_i-ve-crossed-these-sands-many-times-said_1249643.jpg) > [“Why don’t people’s hearts tell them to continue to follow their dreams?” the boy asked the alchemist. “Because that’s what makes a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/why-don-t-people-s-hearts-tell-them-to-continue-to-follow-their-2/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ff/paulo-coelho-10_alarms_why-don-t-people-s-hearts-tell-them-to-c_257469.jpg) > [That is why it is so important to let certain things go. To release them. To cut loose. People need to understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/that-is-why-it-is-so-important-to-let-certain-things-go-to-release-2/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb7/paulo-coelho-10_arrogance_that-is-why-it-is-so-important-to-let-ce_2667963.jpg) ## Other authors on Understood ## 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/understood/paulo-coelho/#itemlist", "name": "15 Understood Quotes By Paulo Coelho", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Love doesn't need to be understood, it needs to be demonstrated", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paulo Coelho" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/love-doesn-t-need-to-be-understood-it-needs-to-be-demonstrated/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05c/paulo-coelho-10_inspirational_love-doesn-t-need-to-be-understood-it-ne_1087530.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05c/paulo-coelho-10_inspirational_love-doesn-t-need-to-be-understood-it-ne_1087530.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05c/paulo-coelho-10_inspirational_love-doesn-t-need-to-be-understood-it-ne_1087530.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Love doesn't need to be understood, it needs to be demonstrated” — Paulo Coelho", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Love does not to be understood. 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