Quotes from Paulo Coelho

I will lament your departure. I will hide my shame for having erred on some obscure point, for thinking that the justice of war is the same of peacetime.

The pure force of life are in communication with each other, independently of us, and then we cannot hide who we are.

He analyses every strategy and asks: what would I do if I had to fight myself? He thus discover his weak points.

Setiap pencarian dimulai dengan keberuntungan bagi sang pemula. Dan setiap pencarian diakhiri dengan ujian berat bagi si pemenang.

Voli se zato sto se voli. Ne postoji razlog zbog kojeg se voli.

where there's life , there's hope .

Treasure is uncovered by the force of flowing water, and it is buried by the same currents

The second concerns the dangerous event of change, whether it's our house, job, or behavior. Here, everything is stable, everyone behaves as expected. Please don't try to be different or suddenly reinvent yourself, because you'll be threatening our whole society. This country worked hard to reach its "finished" state; we don't want to go back to being "under renovation.

Va' a prendere le tue cose, ha detto. I sogni richiedono fatica.

When night comes and no one is watching, I feel afraid of everything: life, death, love or the lack of it; the fact that all novelties quickly become habits; the feeling that I'm wasting the best years of my life in a pattern that will be repeated over and over until I die; and sheer panic at facing the unknown, however exciting and adventurous that might be.

When we feel well after carrying out a certain task. Consequently, everything which causes us to lose our enthusiasm and self respect, is harmful; even if it means power, money or success. I have seen so many people suffocated by success, making mistakes which ended up destroying years of work, yielding to heavy drinking, becoming aggressive, tough, bitter. These people are distant from themselves, and distant from others.

Despite all my efforts, I still can't honestly say that I feel closer to God and to myself.

Show me where there is life in the desert. Only those who can see such signs of life are able to find treasure.

You're crying? I'm a woman of the desert, she said, averting her face. But above all, I'm a woman.

I want to feel the rain on my face, to smile at any man I feel attracted to, to accept all the coffees men might buy for me. I want to kiss my mother, tell her I love her, weep in her lap, unashamed of showing my feelings, because they were always there even though I hid them.

Why should I listen to my heart ? Because you will never again be able to keep it quite . Even if you pretend not to have heard what it tells you .

dans les steppes, on emploie toujours le mot bleu pour décrire le ciel, même s'il est gris, car on sait qu'au dessus des nuages il demeure Bleu

I see no contradiction between my search and personal happiness. -BRIDA

Ljubav je puna zamki. Kad hoce da se pokaze, otkrije samo svoju svetlost, a ne dopustanam da nazremo senke koje ta svetlost izaziva.

In theory, every loss is for our own good; in practice, though, that is when we question the existence of God and ask ourselves: What did I do to deserve this?

How the path was forged

That is what marks out a warrior: the knowledge that willpower and courage are not the same thing. Courage can attract fear and adulation, but willpower requires patience and commitment.

This is what I wanted. If I believe I will win then victory will believe in me. No life is complete without a touch of madness, or to use J.'s words. What I need to do is reconquer my kingdom. If I can understand what's going on in the world, I can understand what's going on inside myself.

In a war, the first casualty is human dignity. Your