Quotes from Paulo Coelho

We don't need to explain our love. We only need to show it.

We women, when we're searching for a meaning to our lives or for the path of knowledge, always identify with one of four classic archetypes.

Knowledge was always the power that kept the Universe in its place and the stars turning in their orbits.

Don't you think you're quite young?' 'I'm twenty-one,' said Brida. 'If I wanted to start learning ballet, I'd be conseidered too old.

The Warrior knows about the "waterfall effect".

Hide your craziness behind a beautiful smile. That's all you need.

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

Our life is a constant journey, from birth to death. The landscape changes, the people change, our needs change, but the train keeps moving. Life is the train, not the station.

Be proud of your scars. They remind you that you have the will to live.

A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires.

Remember the saying, What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger? It's true!

If you're brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.

Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle.

However happy people say they are, nobody is satisfied: we always have to be with the prettiest woman, buy a bigger house, change cars, desire what we do not have.

Sak, pain, love are limited human experiences. and only those who know their own frontiers, those knows the life, the rest is just passing time.

We want to answer this classical question, who am I? So I think that most of our works are for art, or whatever we do, including science or religion, tried to answer that question.

My smile is my way of saying: "You can destroy my body, but not my soul.

Keeping a smile on your lips even when you're on the verge of tears. Feeling sorry for those who show their feelings.

Don't let anyone make you feel that you don't deserve the good things that happen in your life

Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life.

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.

You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.

Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible: the fear of failure.

I prefer to be crazy and happy rather than normal and bitter.