Quotes from Paulo Coelho

A Warrior knows that his best teachers are the people whom he shares the battlefield.

Life is the train and not the station.

Don't try to be brave when it is enough to be intelligent.

Each human being has been granted a virtue: the capacity to choose. For he who does not use this virtue, it becomes a curse - and others will always choose for him.

We cannot all see the dreams in the same way.

We are responsible for the Universe because we are the Universe.

He knows that he must act, but he must allow room for the Universe to act too.

Each human being was given two qualities: power and the gift. Power directs us towards our destiny; the gift obliges us to share with others what is best in us.

Life has been very hard on me, but, at the same time, it has taught me a great deal.

Seize every opportunity that life offers you because, when opportunities go, they take a long time to come back.

There is always a right moment to stop something.

The moment of that kiss contained every happy moment I had ever lived.

Every human being should keep alive within them the sacred flame of madness, but should behave as a normal person.

All life battles teach us something, even those we lose

Sorrows do not last forever when we are journeying towards the thing we have always wanted.

If we are desperate, though , if we have nothing to lose, or if we are full of enthusiasm for life, then the unknown reveals itself, and our universe changes direction.

Everything in life has its price.

Finding something important in life does not mean that you must give up everything else.

Faith is difficult to conquer and requires daily battles if it is to be maintained.

We pretend to be strong because we are weak.

We need to clear our minds of bad thoughts.

A Warrior knows that everything a person does has enduring consequences.

There are some things in life that are worth fighting for to the end.

We hereby declare the end to the wall dividing the sacred from the profane: from now on, all is sacred.