Quotes from Paulo Coelho

They spent days, nights, weeks and months talking, never accepting the fact that, good or bad, an idea only exists when someone tries to put it into practice

Waiting Hurts. Forgetting Hurts. But not knowing which decision to take is the worst of suffering.

Beauty remains, pain ends up passing

To realize one's destiny is a person's only real obligation.

Every day I try to be in communication with the universe in an unconscious way.

I'm modern because I make the difficult seem easy, and so I can communicate with the whole world.

The power of storytelling is exactly this: to bridge the gaps where everything else has crumbled.

The greatest gift God gave us is the power to make decisions.

Sometimes our power resides not in what we do, but in what we don't do.

During any dance to which we surrender with joy, the brain loses it's controlling power, and the heart takes up the reins of the body.

In these words lies all his power: He chose the path along which he is walking and so has no complaints.

A warrior of light knows that certain impossible battles are worth fighting and so he/she is not afraid of being disappointed, knowing the power of his/her love.

Remember, the first road to God is prayer, the second is joy.

The Lord heareth the prayers of those who ask to put aside hatred. But he is deaf to those who would flee from love.

It is Easy to be a Hater. Go for the difficult Task: be a Lover!

The Soul of the World is nourished by people's happiness. And also by unhappiness, envy, and jealousy. To realize one's Personal Legend is a person's only real obligation. All things are one.

I have seen many storms in my life. Most storms have caught me by surprise, so I had to learn very quickly to look further and understand that I am not capable of controlling the weather, to exercise the art of patience and to respect the fury of nature.

Everything is possible, from angels to demons to economists and politicians.

There is an afterlife. I am convinced of this.

Of course, to have money is just great because you can do what you think is important to you.

Physical elegance, which is what I am talking about here, comes from the body. This is no superficial matter, but rather the way that man found to honour the way he places his two feet on the ground.

There was a time when people accepted magical experiences as natural. There were no priests then, and no one went chasing after the secrets of the occult.

He has done things that caused me to doubt His wisdom, but never His existence.

All religions lead to the same God, and all deserve the same respect.