Paulo Coelho Quotes and Sayings with Pictures

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

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The rose is a rose from the time it is a seed to the time it dies. Within it, at all times, it contains its whole potential. It seems to be constantly in the process of change: Yet at each state, at each moment, it is perfectly all right as it is.     

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A rose dreams of enjoying the company of bees, but none appears. The sun asks: Aren’t you tired of waiting Yes, answers the rose, but if I close my petals, I will wither and die.

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Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

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Don’t forget:beautiful sunsets need cloudy skies.     

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I want to continue being crazy; living my life the way I dream it, and not the way the other people want it to be.     

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Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life.

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Human beings can withstand a week without water, two weeks without food, many years of homelessness, but not loneliness. It is the worst of all tortures, the worst of all sufferings.     

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Life has many ways of testing a person’s will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen all at once.    

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Do something instead of killing time because time is killing you.   

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Anyone who loves in the expectation of being loved in return is wasting their time.     

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We have lost contact with reality, the simplicity of life.  

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I believe enlightenment or revelation comes in daily life. I look for joy, the peace of action. You need action. I’d have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money.     

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What hurts us is what heals us.

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You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It’s just a matter of paying attention to this miracle.

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It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting     

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I’ve learned that waiting is the most difficult bit, and I want to get used to the feeling, knowing that you’re with me, even when you’re not by my side.

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Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worse kind of suffering.     

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If I am really a part of your dream, you’ll come back one day.

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It’s the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary.     

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A warrior of light who trusts too much in his intelligence will end up underestimating the power of his opponent.     

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There’s nothing deeper than love. In fairy tales, the princesses kiss the frogs, and the frogs become princes. In real life, the princesses kiss princes, and the princes turn into frogs.

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Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.     

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You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it.     

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If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.

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If you want to see a rainbow you have to learn to see the rain.

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Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.

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One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.

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Even if loving meant leaving, or solitude, or sorrow, love was worth every penny of its price.

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Where there is loyalty, weapons are of no use.      

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Love is an untamed force. When we try to control it, it destroys us. When we try to imprison it, it enslaves us. When we try to understand it, it leaves us feeling lost and confused.

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How much I missed, simply because I was afraid of missing it.     

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When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream.

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Passion makes a person stop eating, sleeping, working, feeling at peace. A lot of people are frightened because, when it appears, it demolishes all the old things it finds in its path.      

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Sadness does not last forever when we walk in the direction of that which we always desired.

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If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.      

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None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, yet still we go forward. Because we trust. Because we have Faith.

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There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them. But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there.

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Travel is never a matter of money, but of courage.

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One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.

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People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.     

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A warrior of the light…never confuses tension with anxiety.     

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There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them. But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there.

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Each morning brings a hidden blessing; a blessing which is unique to that day, and which cannot be kept or re-used. If we do not use this miracle today, it will be lost.

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So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.     

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So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.     

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So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.     

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One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.

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Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed.

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I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.     

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There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.

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If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.

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Each stone, each bend cries welcome to him. He identifies with the mountains and the streams, he sees something of his own soul in the plants and the animals and the birds of the field.

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The way up to the top of the mountain is always longer than you think. Don’t fool yourself, the moment will arrive when what seemed so near is still very far.     

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Tears are words that need to be written.

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There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.

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The more attention you pay an enemy, the stronger you make him. Be attentive, but don’t be paranoiac.     

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Straight roads do not make skillful drivers.

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When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It’s very simple.     

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

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Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle.

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Warriors of light are not perfect.Their beauty lies in accepting this fact and still desiring to grow and to learn.     

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The great victory, which appears so simple today, was the result of a series of small victories that went unnoticed

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Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows.

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Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed.

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Scars speak more loudly than the sword that caused them.

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Every scar has a life of its own and a space in my heart.     

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Many times the wrong train took me to the right place.

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In a forest of a hundred thousand trees, no two leaves are alike. And no two journeys along the same path are alike.

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The boat is safer anchored at the port; but that’s not the aim of boats.

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Hide your craziness behind a beautiful smile. That’s all you need.

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In love lies the seed of our growth. The more we love, the closer we are to the spiritual experience.     

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There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.

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Time heals almost everything. But when you are healed, you are too old to enjoy.     

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Writing means sharing. It’s part of the human condition to want to share things thoughts, ideas, opinions.

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Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.     

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Let us be absolutely clear about one thing: we must not confuse humility with false modesty or servility.     

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They are words that are easy enough to say and which fill vast empty spaces.

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What is a teacher? I’ll tell you: it isn’t someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to give of her best in order to discover what she already knows.

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If you only walk on sunny days you’ll never reach your destination.     

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The visible is always a mirror of the invisible. The reality is imagined before it manifests itself.

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You will fail many times but in failing you’ll learn and in learning you’ll find your way. Remember, there are no mistakes in life but only lessons, and lessons will keep on repeating until learned.

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Tears are words that need to be written.

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You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It’s just a matter of paying attention to this miracle.

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Falling down is not defeat. Defeat is, when you refuse to get up.     

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Life has many ways of testing a person’s will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen at once.     

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There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.

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Magical places are always beautiful and deserve to be contemplated. Always stay on the bridge between the invisible and the visible.     

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The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.     

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Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks. Perhaps this person will never be disappointed or disillusioned; perhaps she won’t suffer the way people do when they have a dream to follow. But when the person looks back-she will hear her heart.     

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Don`t waste your time with explanations people only hear what they want to hear.     

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There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.

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Faith is not desire. Faith is will. Desires are things that need to be satisfied, whereas will is a force. Will changes the space around us.     

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It’s a good idea always to do something relaxing prior to making an important decision in your life.

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If you want to control someone, all you have to do is to make them feel afraid.

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Don’t be intimidated by other people’s opinions. Only mediocrity is sure of itself, so take risks and do what you really want to do.     

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What is a teacher? I’ll tell you: it isn’t someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to give of her best in order to discover what she already knows.

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The power of storytelling is exactly this: to bridge the gaps where everything else has crumbled.

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If you want to control someone, all you have to do is to make them feel afraid.

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It’s always easy to blame others. You can spend your entire life blaming the world, but your successes or failures are entirely your own responsibility. You can try to stop time, but it’s a complete waste of energy.     

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When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.     

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The good old days, when each idea had an owner, are gone forever.

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You are not defeated when you lose. You are defeated when you quit.

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Don’t forget: Beautiful sunsets need cloudy Skies…      

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A threat need not provoke a response if it is not taken up.     

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Saying ‘No’ does not always show a lack of generosity and that saying ‘Yes’ is not always a virtue

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When you say ‘yes’ to others, make sure you’re not saying ‘no’ to yourself.

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If you must say yes, say it with an open heart. If you must say no, say it without fear.

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Even stopped clocks are right twice a day.

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The more violent the storm, the quicker it passes.

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