What's the world's greatest lie?... It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become … - Paulo Coelho

Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.

When each day is the same as the next, it’s because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day that the sun rises.

In a desperate attempt to give meaning to life, many turn to religion, because a struggle in the name of a faith is always a justification for some grand action, which could transform the world. ‘We are doing God’s work,’ they tell themselves. And they become devout followers, then evangelists, and finally, fanatics. They don’t understand that religion was created in order to share the mystery and to worship, not to oppress or convert others.