Paulo Coelho Quotes

Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey.

I forgive the tears I was made to shed,

You are what you believe yourself to be.

Routine has nothing to do with repetition. To become really good at anything, you have to practice and repeat, practice and repeat, until the technique becomes intuitive.

As he mused about these things, he realised that he had to choose between thinking of himself as the poor victim of a thief and as an adventurer in quest of his treasure.

We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.

Love is the force that transforms and improves the Soul of the World. … It is we who nourish the Soul of the World, and the world we live in will be either better or worse, depending on whether we become better or worse. And that's where the power of love comes in. Because when we love, we always strive to become better than we are.

Your money saved us for three days. It's not often that money saves a person's life.

If I were to persuade just one person to stop fighting for something they were convinced was worthwhile, I would end up persuading myself, and my whole life would be diminished.

People learn twenty-five percent from their teacher, twenty-five percent from listening to themselves, twenty-five percent from their friends, and twenty-five percent from time.

Love isn't just a feeling. It's an art. And like any art, it takes not only inspiration but also a lot of work.

I love you like a river that creates the right conditions for trees and bushes and flowers to flourish along its banks. I love you like a river that gives water to the thirsty and takes people where they want to go.

"Don't think about what you've left behind" The alchemist said to the boy as they began to ride across the sands of the desert. "If what one finds is made of pure matter, it will never spoil. And one can always come back. If what you had found was only a moment of light, like the explosion of a star, you would find nothing on your return."

Joy. That is one of the main blessings of the All-Powerful. If we are happy, we are on the right road.

Be crazy! But learn how to be crazy without being the center of attention. Be brave enough to live different.