Quotes from Paulo Coelho

I wanted to write when I was young, but people said it was impossible. Then my parents locked me in a mental institution - they said I was crazy and would never make a living from writing.

You should treat a muse like a fairy.

Sometimes I need to be a stranger to myself. Only then my soul can show me not what I want, but what I need to see.

When you really want something to happen, the whole universe conspires so that your wish comes true.

I hate to be smart.

Love does not to be understood. It needs only to be shown.

If you want to understand love, first learn about freedom.

Infatuation was a good thing. It gave spice to life, and added to its enjoyment... But it was different from love. Love was worth everything, and couldn't be exchanged for anything.

Suffering comes from desire, not from pain.

Love one another, but let's try not to possess one another.

The light of love flows out of my soul, but it can go nowhere because it's blocked by pain. I could inhale and exhale every morning for the rest of my life, but that wouldn't solve anything.

The most powerful hallucinogen in this planet is called Love. Highly Addictive! You will see and hear things that don't exist!

Love is an act of faith, not an exchange

In love you always win, even if you lose.

It is not enough to dream of the Impossible Love - it is necessary to conquer it too.

Love is the glue that keeps the stars in place.

We Learn about love by loving.

Love means sharing the world with someone else.

My aim is to understand love. I know how alive I felt when I was in love, and I know that everything I have now, however interesting it might seem, doesn't really excited me.

Because i've suffered. Because many times in my life i have tried to love with all my heart, and my love has wound up being trampled or betrayed.

Marrying the first person who offers you a decent position in society. Love can wait.

Everything in life is about sharing; it is part of the human condition

Love is only a small thing, enough for one person, and any suggestion that the heart might be larger than this is considered perverse.

Our human condition makes us tend to share only the best of ourselves, because we are always searching for love and approval