There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.
– Paulo Coelho
There is one great truth on this planet: Whoever you are, or whatever it is that you do,
when you really want something, it’s because that desire originated in the soul of the
universe. It’s your mission on earth.
– Paulo Coelho
When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become
better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.
– Paulo Coelho
The boat is safer anchored at the port; but that’s not the aim of boats.
– Paulo Coelho
What is the real I? It’s what you are, not what others make of you.
– Paulo Coelho
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.
– Paulo Coelho
Our time on this earth is sacred, and we should celebrate every moment.
– Paulo Coelho
The danger of an adventure is worth a thousand days of ease and comfort.
– Paulo Coelho
It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.
– Paulo Coelho
No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the
world.
– Paulo Coelho
The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.
– Paulo Coelho
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.
– Paulo Coelho
It’s necessary to take risks, and to follow certain paths whilst abandoning others. No one is
able to choose without fear.
– Paulo Coelho
Warriors of the light are not perfect. Their beauty lies in accepting this fact and still desiring
to grow and to learn.
– Paulo Coelho
When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to
realize his dream.
– Paulo Coelho
You’re someone who’s different, but who wants to be the same as everyone else. And that,
in my view, is a serious illness.
– Paulo Coelho
When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.
– Paulo Coelho
Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
– Paulo Coelho
We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and
renunciation. It’s one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it’s another to think that
yours is the only path.
– Paulo Coelho
We wouldn’t worry nearly as much about what others thought of us if we recognize how
seldom they do.
– Paulo Coelho
Certain things in life simply have to be experienced and never explained. Love is such a thing.
– Paulo Coelho
Don’t listen to the malicious comments of those friends who, never taking any risks
themselves, can only see other people’s failures.
– Paulo Coelho
People make a lot of effort not to remember, not to accept their immense magical potential.
– Paulo Coelho
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.
– Paulo Coelho
Anyone who loves in the expectation of being loved in return is wasting their time.
– Paulo Coelho
Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart
has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search
is a second’s encounter with God and with eternity.
– Paulo Coelho
Don’t waste your time with explanations; people only hear what they want to hear.
– Paulo Coelho
It is said that the darkest hour of the night comes just before the dawn.
– Paulo Coelho
The boy and his heart had become friends, and neither was capable now of betraying the
other.
– Paulo Coelho
In the first place, you shouldn’t believe in promises. The world is full of them: the promises of
riches, of eternal salvation, of infinite love. Some people think they can promise anything,
others accept whatever seems to guarantee better days ahead, as, I suspect is your case.
Those who make promises they don’t keep end up powerless and frustrated, and exactly the
fate awaits those who believe promises.
– Paulo Coelho
Try to live with the same intensity as a child. He doesn’t ask for explanations; he dives into
each day as if it were a new adventure and, at night, sleeps tired and happy.
– Paulo Coelho
The warriors of the light are not always sure about what it is they are doing here. They often
stay up all night, thinking their lives have no meaning. This is why they are warriors of the
light. Because they err. Because they question. Because they seek a reason – and they will
surely find it.
– Paulo Coelho
To travel is the experience of ceasing to be the person you are trying to be, and becoming
the person you really are.
– Paulo Coelho
Listen to your heart. It knows all things, because it came from the Soul of the World.
– Paulo Coelho
Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose, and commit myself to,
what is best for me.
– Paulo Coelho
One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.
– Paulo Coelho
You are protected. But if you don’t take risks, God will retreat and become only a subject of
philosophical speculation.
– Paulo Coelho
I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It’s all
a question of how I view my life.
– Paulo Coelho
When we step out of our normal world and leave behind us all the usual barriers and
prejudices, we tend to become more adventurous.
– Paulo Coelho
No one can lie, no one can hide anything, when he looks directly into someone’s eyes.
– Paulo Coelho
The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon
it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better.
– Paulo Coelho
The path to wisdom is not being afraid to make mistakes.
– Paulo Coelho
I’m afraid of taking steps that are not on the map, but by taking those steps despite my
fears, I have a much more interesting life.
– Paulo Coelho
I wept because I was re-experiencing the enthusiasm of my childhood; I was once again a
child, and nothing in the world could cause me harm.
– Paulo Coelho
A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with
something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires.
– Paulo Coelho
Stay mad, but behave like normal people. Run the risk of being different, but learn to do so
without attracting attention.
– Paulo Coelho
I don’t live in either my past or my future. I’m interested only in the present. If you can
concentrate always on the present, you’ll be a happy man. Life will be a party for you, a
grand festival, because life is the moment we’re living now.
– Paulo Coelho
Pity those who seek for shepherds, instead of longing for freedom.
– Paulo Coelho
The two hardest tests on the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the right moment
and the courage not to be disappointed with what we encounter.
– Paulo Coelho
People who are on a spiritual quest don’t think, they simply want results.
– Paulo Coelho
At every moment of our lives we all have one foot in a fairy tale and the other in the abyss.
– Paulo Coelho
It is not time that changes man, nor knowledge; the only thing that can change someone’s
mind is love.
– Paulo Coelho
Faith is difficult to conquer and requires daily battles if it is to be maintained.
– Paulo Coelho
So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.
– Paulo Coelho
Everything on earth is being continuously transformed, because the earth is alive… and it has
a soul. We are part of that soul, so we rarely recognize that it is working for us.
– Paulo Coelho
Everything tells me that I am about to make a wrong decision, but making mistakes is just
part of life. What does the world want of me? Does it want me to take no risks, to go back to
where I came from because I didn’t have the courage to say “Yes” to life?
– Paulo Coelho
People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.
– Paulo Coelho
If you start by promising what you don’t even have yet, you’ll lose your desire to work
towards getting it.
– Paulo Coelho
Never stop dreaming. Follow the omens.
– Paulo Coelho
An encounter with the superior energy is open to anyone but remains far from those who
shift responsibility onto others.
– Paulo Coelho
Life takes us by surprise and orders us to move toward the unknown – even when we don’t
want to and when we think we don’t need to.
– Paulo Coelho
That is the most common excuse, and the most foolish of all – love has never prevented a
man from following his dreams. If she truly loves you, she will want the best for you.
– Paulo Coelho
The best way to know and destroy an enemy is to pretend to become his friend.
– Paulo Coelho
The only trap I must beware not to fall into, is to think that each day is the same as the
next. In fact, each morning brings with it a hidden miracle, and we must pay attention to this
miracle.
– Paulo Coelho
Everything that is done in the present affects the future in the form of consequence and
affects the past in the form of redemption.
– Paulo Coelho
From the moment we are born, people tell us that the world is like this and like that, this
way, that way. It is natural that, for a certain period of time, we end up believing what we
are told. But we must soon push these ideas aside and discover our own way of living reality.
– Paulo Coelho
The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.
– Paulo Coelho
Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of
suffering.
– Paulo Coelho
Dreams are the language of God.
– Paulo Coelho
Our true friends are those who 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 their sad,
supportive faces, when, in fact, our suffering is serving to console them for their miserable
lives.
– Paulo Coelho
The one who loves has won the world and is not afraid of loosing. True love is an act of total
abandon.
– Paulo Coelho
A fall from the third floor hurts as much as a fall from the hundredth. If I have to fall, may it
be from a high place!
– Paulo Coelho
The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity
slip; to avoid this, the warrior treats each situation as if it were unique and never resorts to
formulae, recipes or other people’s opinions.
– Paulo Coelho
Everything is worship if your mind is focused on the present moment.
– Paulo Coelho
Don’t give in to your fears. If you do, you won’t be able to talk to your heart.
– Paulo Coelho
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.
– Paulo Coelho
I don’t regret the painful times; I bare my scars as if they were medals.
– Paulo Coelho
Every search begins with beginners luck and ends with the victor’s being severely tested.
– Paulo Coelho
Your eyes show the strength of your soul.
– Paulo Coelho
The alchemists spent years in their laboratories, observing the fire that purified the metals.
They spent so much time close to the fire that gradually they gave up the vanities of the
world. They discovered that the purification of the metals had led to a purification of
themselves.
– Paulo Coelho
You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it’s better to listen to what it has to say.
That way, you’ll never have to fear an unanticipated blow.
– Paulo Coelho
We all have the ability. We just don’t all have the courage to follow our dreams and to follow
the signs.
– Paulo Coelho
When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to
make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the
way.
– Paulo Coelho
Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.
– Paulo Coelho
Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.
– Paulo Coelho
Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none
about his or her own.
– Paulo Coelho
Love is not to be found in someone else, but in ourselves; we simply awaken it. But in order
to do that, we need the other person. The universe only makes sense when we have
someone to share our feelings with.
– Paulo Coelho
At a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what’s happening to us, and our lives
become controlled by fate. That’s the world’s greatest lie.
– Paulo Coelho
Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant.
– Paulo Coelho
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.
– Paulo Coelho
We can let the energy of love flow instead of placing it in a jar and leaving it aside.
– Paulo Coelho
Every Warrior of the Light has felt afraid of going into battle.
Every Warrior of the Light has, at some time in the past, lied or betrayed someone.
Every Warrior of the Light has trodden a path that was not his.
Every Warrior of the Light has suffered for the most trivial of reasons. Every Warrior of the
Light has, at least once, believed he was not a Warrior of the Light.
Every Warrior of the Light has failed in his spiritual duties.
Every Warrior of the Light has said ‘yes’ when he wanted to say “no.”
Every Warrior of the Light has hurt someone he loved.
That is why he is a Warrior of the Light, because he has been through all this and yet has
never lost hope of being better than he is.
– Paulo Coelho
Every human being should keep alive within them the sacred flame of madness, but should
behave as a normal person.
– Paulo Coelho
The greatest wisdom is blinded by the glare of vanity.
– Paulo Coelho
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
Accept your passions and delight in them intensely. Know that one must not renounce the
enthusiasm of the conquests; they are part of life, and please all who take part in them. But
never lose sight of the enduring things, and the solid ties created by time. A warrior knows
how to distinguish between that which is transitory, and that which is definitive.
– Paulo Coelho
Courage is fear that prays.
– Paulo Coelho
Every man has a feminine side, and every woman a masculine side. It is important to use
discipline with intuition, and to use intuition with objectivity.
– Paulo Coelho
Every human being has the right to search for happiness, and by “happiness” is meant
something that makes other people feel content.
– Paulo Coelho