Paulo Coelho Quotes

Brazilian lyricist and novelist

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

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

Behind the mask of ice that people wear, there beats a heart of fire.
– Paulo Coelho

When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.
– Paulo Coelho

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

Don’t allow your mind to tell your heart what to do. The mind gives up easily.
– Paulo Coelho

Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.
– Paulo Coelho

If you act like a victim, you are likely to be treated as one.
– Paulo Coelho

One day you will wake up & there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now.
– Paulo Coelho

Don’t waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.
– Paulo Coelho

If you love someone, you must be prepared to set them free.
– Paulo Coelho

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

Fight for your dreams, even if that means fighting alone.
– Paulo Coelho

The universe only makes sense when we have someone to share our feelings with.
– Paulo Coelho

No one can lie, no one can hide anything, when he looks directly into someone’s eyes.
– Paulo Coelho

Never give up. When your heart becomes tired, just walk with your legs – but move on.
– Paulo Coelho

If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine; it is lethal.
– Paulo Coelho

A life without cause is a life without effect.
– Paulo Coelho

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

Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.
– 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 are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.
– Paulo Coelho

And that, in the end, the most interesting people always leave.
– 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.
– Paulo Coelho

Profound desire, true desire is the desire to be close to someone.
– Paulo Coelho

People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for 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.
– Paulo Coelho

And, when you can’t go back, you have to worry only about the best way of moving forward.
– Paulo Coelho

Happiness is something that multiplies when it is divided.
– Paulo Coelho

What hurts us is what heals us.
– Paulo Coelho

Just because it’s not what you were expecting, doesn’t mean it’s not everything you need right now.
– Paulo Coelho

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

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

It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.
– Paulo Coelho

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

You are what you believe yourself to be.
– Paulo Coelho

Stop being yourself and become who you always wanted to be.
– Paulo Coelho

Why is patience so important? Because it makes us pay attention.
– Paulo Coelho

The strongest love is the love that can demonstrate its fragility.
– Paulo Coelho

Haters are confused admirers who can’t understand why everybody else likes you.
– Paulo Coelho

Ever since time began, people have recognized their true Love by the light in their eyes.
– Paulo Coelho

Travel is never a matter of money but of courage.
– Paulo Coelho

When you dance, you can enjoy the luxury of being you.
– Paulo Coelho

Enjoy what you can and ignore the rest. Let’s not waste any energy fighting things that are outside our control.
– Paulo Coelho

Tears are words that need to be written.
– 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

Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.
– 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

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

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

I’m not saying that love always takes you to heaven. Your life can become a nightmare. But that said, it is worth taking the risk.
– Paulo Coelho

Feelings do not grow old along with the body. Feelings form part of a world I don’t know, but it’s a world where there’s no time, so space, no frontiers.
– Paulo Coelho

I’m not a body with a soul, I’m a soul that has a visible part called the body.
– Paulo Coelho

Don’t give into your fears. If you do, you won’t be able to talk to your heart.
– Paulo Coelho

Your eyes show the strength of your soul.
– Paulo Coelho

Love is not a habit, a commitment, or a debt. It isn’t what romantic songs tell us it is – love simply is.
– Paulo Coelho

If you’re brave to say ‘goodbye,’ life will reward you with a ‘hello.’
– Paulo Coelho

The moment we begin to seek love, love begins to seek us. And to save us.
– Paulo Coelho

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

Hatred is public and shameless demonstration of inferiority complex.
– Paulo Coelho

God always offers us a second chance in life.
– Paulo Coelho

It takes a huge effort to free yourself from memory.
– Paulo Coelho

It is said that all people who are happy have God within them.
– Paulo Coelho

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

And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
– Paulo Coelho

Certain things in life simply have to be experienced -and never explained. Love is such a thing.
– Paulo Coelho

To love is to lose control.
– Paulo Coelho

The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.
– Paulo Coelho

In real life, love has to be possible. Even if it is not returned right away, love can only survive when the hope exists that you will be able to win over the person you desire.
– Paulo Coelho

If I must fall, may it be from a high place.
– Paulo Coelho

Everyone on earth has a treasure that awaits him.
– Paulo Coelho

One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.
– Paulo Coelho

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

The wise are wise only because they love. And the foolish are foolish only because they think they can understand love.
– Paulo Coelho

Talent is a universal gift, but it takes a lot of courage to use it. Don’t be afraid to be the best.
– Paulo Coelho

Life moves very fast. It rushes from Heaven to Hell in a matter of seconds.
– Paulo Coelho

We must never stop dreaming. Dreams provide nourishment for the soul, just as a meal does for the body.
– Paulo Coelho

When someone leaves, it’s because someone else is about to arrive.
– Paulo Coelho

Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant.
– Paulo Coelho

There is only one way to learn. It’s through action. Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey.
– Paulo Coelho

The warrior who trusts his path doesn’t need to prove the other way is wrong.
– Paulo Coelho

There is always a gap between intention and action.
– Paulo Coelho

Collective madness is called sanity.
– Paulo Coelho

The book is a film that takes place in the mind of the reader. That’s why we go to movies and say, “Oh, the book is better.”
– Paulo Coelho

We pretend to be strong because we are weak.
– Paulo Coelho

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

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.
– Paulo Coelho

Be like the fountain that overflows, not like the cistern that merely contains.
– Paulo Coelho

My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer.
– Paulo Coelho

Our power resides not only in what we do but also in what we refuse to do.
– Paulo Coelho

People want to change everything and, at the same time, want it all to remain the same.
– Paulo Coelho

Dreaming is very pleasant as long as you are not forced to put your dreams into practice.
– Paulo Coelho

Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
– 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

God hides the fires of hell within paradise.
– Paulo Coelho

Reason lost the battle, and all I could do was surrender and accept I was in love.
– Paulo Coelho

Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey.
– Paulo Coelho

With the rain, falls the wisdom of heaven.
– Paulo Coelho

Don’t forget that everything you deal with is only one thing and nothing else.
– Paulo Coelho

Only two things can reveal life’s great secrets: suffering and love.
– Paulo Coelho

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