|
3045f43
|
What people regard as vanity--leaving great works, having children, acting in such a way as to prevent one's name from being forgotten--I regard as the highest expression of human dignity.
|
|
vanity
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
2eb39c7
|
I must have no fear of failure. It was my fear of failure that first kept me from attempting the Master Work.
|
|
quote
success
inspirational
the-alchemist
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
229f5cc
|
I was trying to come round to the idea that there might be an invisible reality capable of interfering in our lives, but the only reason I did so was because of a love I didn't want to believe I felt but which was continuing to grow in a subtle, devastating way. I was content in my universe and didn't want to change it at all, even though I was being propelled in that direction.
|
|
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
627fa6b
|
Solitude is used to teach us how to live with other people. Rage is used to show us the infinite value of peace. Boredom is used to underline the importance of adventure & spontaneity. Silence is used to teach us to use words responsibly. Tiredness is used so that we can understand the value of waking up. Illness is used to underline the blessing of good health. Fire is used to teach us about water. Earth is used so that we can understand t..
|
|
solitude
inspiration
life
peace
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
f2a7858
|
Visit your soul; don't visit your past.
|
|
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
d98261f
|
Only the following items should be considered to be grave faults: not respecting another's rights; allowing oneself to be paralyzed by fear; feeling guilty; believing that one does not deserve the good or ill that happens in one's life; being a coward. We will love our enemies, but not make alliances with them. They were placed in our path in order to test our sword, and we should, out of respect for them, struggle against them. We will cho..
|
|
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
045ae6c
|
Deja vu is more than just that fleeting moment of surprise, instantly forgotten because we never bother with things that make no sense. It show that time doesn't pass. It's a leap into something we have already experienced and that is being repeated.
|
|
time
quotes
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
d0e866a
|
As she had been walking from the ward to that room, she had felt such pure hatred that now she had no more rancor left in her heart. She had finally allowed her negative feelings to surface, feelings that had been repressed for years in her soul. She had actually FELT them, and they were no longer necessary, they could leave.
|
|
hatred
repression
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
a53d035
|
We must never stop dreaming. Dreams provide nourishment for the soul, just as a meal does for the body. Many times in our lives we see our dreams shattered and our desires frustrated, but we have to continue dreaming. If we don't, our soul dies, and agape cannot reach it.
|
|
life
goal
soul
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
ffd5e88
|
Love lasts because it changes and not because it stays the same and never faces any challenges.
|
|
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
dd0bd3f
|
The greatest gift God gave us is the power to make decisions.
|
|
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
f44cb63
|
I learned long ago that in order to heal my wounds, I must have the courage to face up with them.
|
|
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
cba4a57
|
The best way to weaken one's enemy was to get him to believe that you were on his side.
|
|
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
e9d0a1a
|
Whenever he reads articles in newspapers or magazines written by politicians using global warming or the destruction of the environment for their electoral campaigns, he thinks: How can we be so arrogant? The planet is, was and always will be stronger than us. We can't destroy it; if we overstep the mark, the planet will simply erase us from its surface and carry on existing. Why don't they start talking about not letting the planet destroy..
|
|
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
6f7999b
|
We are not the person other people wish we were. We are who we decide to be.
|
|
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
48f9996
|
Possibly. Basically,everything that happens in our life is our fault and ours alone. A lot of people go through the same difficulties we went through, and they react completely differently. We looked for the easiest way out: a separate reality.
|
|
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
363bc90
|
Her heart had already been broken many times over, and yet she still believed she was destined to meet the man of her life.
|
|
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
d77e939
|
After accepting love as a stimulus, a man faces the third obstacle: the fear of the defeats he will encounter along the way. A man who fights for his dream suffers far more when something doesn't go well, because he cannot use the famous excuse: "oh, well in fact that wasn't exactly what I wanted anyway... " He does want it, and knows he is putting everything into it, and also that the Personal Legend is just as difficult as any other path ..
|
|
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
29543c7
|
I needed to choose between the one thing that really filled m thoughts-my love for that woman-and losing my freedom and all the choices that the future promised me. To be honest, the decision was easy. -Lukas Jessen-Petersen
|
|
marriage
sacrifice
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
f54882d
|
kufy `n l`tqd b'nk t`trDyn Tryq 'Hdhm dwm , b'nk tz`jyn mn hw l~ jnbk ! n tDyq lakhrwn bstT`thm ltdhmr , wn lm ymlkw lshj`@ ldhlk , fhy mshklthm
|
|
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
4d7d90d
|
n s`d@ nsn m , l t`ny blDrwr@ t`s@ lakhryn
|
|
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
6ea2824
|
I learned something recently: our true friends are those are with us when the good things happen. They cheer us on and are pleased by our triumphs. False friends only appear at difficult times, with the sad, supportive faces, when, in fact, our suffering is serving to console them for their miserable lives. When things were bad last year, various people I had never ever seen before turned up to 'console' me. I hate that.
|
|
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
4f53960
|
Just as your hand has the power to hide the sun, mediocrity has the power to hide your inner light. Do not blame others for your own incompetence.
|
|
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
9f12bfb
|
I am in the Aleph, the point at which everything is in the same place at the same time. I'm at a window, looking out at the world and its secret places, poetry lost in time and words left hanging in space...sentences that are perfectly understood, even when left unspoken. Feelings that simultaneously exalt and suffocate.
|
|
feelings
love
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
70971d9
|
You're mistaken, Father. You were in paradise, but you didn't recognize it. It's the same with most people in this world; they seek suffering in the most joyous of places because they think they are unworthy of happiness.
|
|
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
bec7daa
|
no project is completed until its objective has been achieved.
|
|
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
34c8cbb
|
For a while, I'll think obsessively about her, I'll become embittered, I'll bore my friend because all I ever talk about is my wife leaving me. I'll try to justify what happened, spend days and nights reviewing every moment spent by her side, I'll conclude that she was too hard on me, even though I always tried to do my best. I'll find other women. When I walk down the street, I'll keep seeing women who could be her. I'll suffer day and nig..
|
|
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
c9056f3
|
Every road i traveled led back to you
|
|
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
f7a4f46
|
Give time time.
|
|
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
29851a7
|
As he was about to climb yet another dune, his heart whispered, "Be aware of the place where you are brought to tears. That's where I am, and thats where your treasure is."
|
|
treasure
love
tears
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
ae62eb4
|
We, their hearts, become fearful just thinking of loved ones who go away forever, or of moments that could have been good but weren't, or of moments that could have been found but were forever hidden in the sands.
|
|
the-alchemist
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
3adac82
|
I don't want to change anything, because I don't know how to deal with change.
|
|
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
4816b52
|
Where your treasure is, there also will be your heart.
|
|
the-alchemist
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
3088c89
|
True wisdom consists in respecting the simple things we do
|
|
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
0ccbbba
|
lHlmwn l ymkn trwyDhm 'bd
|
|
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
f86c922
|
If you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better.
|
|
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
8399812
|
You have passed through the two hardest tests on the spiritual road: the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what you encounter.
|
|
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
9763eae
|
fmn byn jmy` 'slH@ ldmr lty ystTy` lnsn btkrh, t`tbr "lklm@" hy l'kthr thr@ llr`b wl'qw~. flkhnjr wlrmH ttrk athr mn ldm , wlshm ymkn rw'yth `n b`d , lsmwm tkshf fy lnhy@ wytm tjnbh. 'm "lklm@" ftstTy` ltdmyr dwn 'n ttrk 'y@ 'dl@."
|
|
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
6c1ef1f
|
The all-powerful Zahir seemed to be born with every human being and to gain full strength in childhood, imposing rules that would thereafter always be respected: People who are different are dangerous; they belong to another tribe; they want our lands and our women. We must marry, have children, reproduce the species. Love is only a small thing, enough for one person, and any suggestion that the heart might be larger than this may seem perv..
|
|
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
c75be08
|
there is nothing worse than the feeling that no one cares whether we exist or not, that no one is interested in what we have to say about life, and that the world can continue turning without our awkward presence. I began to imagine how many millions of people were, at that moment, feeling utterly useless and wretched--however rich, charming, and delightful they might be--because they were alone that night, as they were yesterday, and as th..
|
|
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
3b57b32
|
How is it possible for the beauty that was there only minutes before to vanish so quickly?
|
|
paulo-coelho
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
0a6d432
|
Infatuation was a good thing. It gave spice to life, and added to its enjoyment... But it was different from love. Love was worth everything, and couldn't be exchanged for anything.
|
|
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
00db113
|
lkl ywm m`jzth. tqbl n`m@ llh, njz `mlk lfny lywm. Gd yhbk llh n`m@ 'khr~
|
|
|
Paulo Coelho |
|
2bd079f
|
I think that perhaps we always fall in love the very first instant we see the man of our dreams, even though, at the time, reason may be telling us otherwise, and we may fight against that instinct, hoping against hope that we won't win, until there comes a point when we allow ourselves to be vanquished by our feelings.
|
|
|
Paulo Coelho |