Quotes from Paulo Coelho

Human beings can withstand a week without water, two weeks without food, many years of homelessness, but not loneliness. It is the worst of all tortures, the worst of all sufferings. Like her, these men, and the many others who sought her company, were all tormented by that same destructive feeling, the sense that no one else on the planet cared for them.

It is the imperfect that astonishes and attracts us.

Time does not pass, it merely changes.

A Warrior of the Light makes decisions. His soul is as free as the clouds in the sky, but he is committed to his dream. On his freely chosen path, he often has to get up earlier than he would like, speak to people from whom he learns nothing, make certain sacrifices. His friends say: "You're not free." The Warrior is free. But he knows that an open oven bakes no bread.

La locura es la incapacidad para comunicar tus ideas. Como si estuvieras en un país extranjero, viendo todo, entendiendo lo que pasa a tu alrededor, pero incapaz de explicarte y ser ayudado porque no entiendes la lengua que hablan allí.

Outer beauty is inner beauty made visible, and it manifests itself in the light that flows in our eyes.

It is not the life that matters, but the journey.

I will be able to love above all discontentment. To give even when I am stripped of everything. To dry tears even when I am still crying. To believe even when I am discredited.

I want to be a writer, not an engineer who writes books.

Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.

Don't live every day as if it were your last. Live every day as if it were your first.

When we first begin fighting for our dreams, we have no experience and make many mistakes. The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and get up eight times.

Lose what? A man only has a soul to be won or lost; apart from his life, he has nothing. Past or future lives do not matter - at the moment you are living this one, and you should do so with silent comprehension, joy and enthusiasm. What you must not lose is your enthusiasm.

The truth is that we don't want to be saved by in the way God has chosen; we want to keep absolute control over our every step, to be fully conscious of our decisions, to be capable of choosing the object of our devotion. It isn't like that with love - it arrives, moves in, and starts directing everything.

Somewhere you are holding the person I love, the boy said. So, when I look out over your sands, I am also looking at her. I want to return to her, and I need your help so that I can turn myself into the wind.

Traditional religions practices are important.They allow us to share with others the communal experience of adoration and prayer,but we must never forget spiritual experience is above all a practical experience of love,and with love,there are no rules some may try to control their emotions and develop strategies for their behavior,others may turn to reading books of advice from experts on relationships but this is all folly.The heart decides and what it decides is all that really matters.

I couldn't have found God in the seminary, he thought, as he looked at the sunrise.

We are all pilgrims in search of the unknown.

Of course, and the reason is very simple: routines give them the false sensation of being safe. Thus, today will be exactly like yesterday, and tomorrow will bring no surprises. When night falls, part of the soul complains that nothing different was experienced, but another part is content - paradoxically, it is for the same reason.

I've never been as happy as I am now, because I followed the signs, I was patient, and I know that this is going to change everything.

Intelligent people discuss ideas. Fools discuss how people should behave.

sometimes it's better to leave things as they are.

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

Creatures like the sheep, that are used to traveling, know about moving on.