Quotes by Paulo Coelho

If I can learn to understand this language without words, I can learn to understand the world.

When someone sees the same people every day(...)they wind up becoming a part of that persons life. And then they want the person to change. If someoneisnt what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.

When someone sees the same people every day(...)they wind up becoming a part of that persons life. And then they want the person to change. If someone isnt what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own

A disciple...can never imitate his guides steps. You have your own way of living your life, of dealing with problems, and of winning. Teaching is only demonstrating that it is possible. Learning is making it possible for yourself.

The battles may last for a long time, perhaps even years. There are powerful forces on both sides, and the war is important to both armies. Its not a battle of good against evil. Its a war between forces that are fighting for the balance of power, and, when that type of battle begins, it lasts longer than others-because Allah is on both sides.

life is really generous to those who pursue their Personal Legend

people who believed the world to be an undignified,inglorious place, and who spent their evenings and nightstalking on and on about the mistakes others had made. They werepeople whom solitude had made into the judges of the world,whose verdicts were scattered to the four winds for whoever caredto listen

Everybody is a political person, whether you say something or you are silent. A political attitude is not whether you go to parliament; its how you deal with your life, with your surroundings.

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.

With all due respect, the Mona Lisa is overrated.

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 think you can have 10,000 explanations for failure, but no good explanation for success.

Im not saying that love always takes you to heaven. Your life can become a nightmare. But that said, it is worth taking the risk.

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

I was not encouraged to follow the career of a writer because my parents thought that I was going to starve to death. They thought nobody can make a living from being a writer in Brazil. They were not wrong.

I always was a rich person because moneys not related to happiness.

I am not happy, and the quest for happiness as a principal objective is not part of my world. Of course, ever since I can remember, I have done what I felt like doing.

Happiness is just another of the tricks that our genetic system plays on us to carry out its only role, which is the survival of the species.

I tweet in the morning and the evening. To write 12 hours a day, there is a moment when youre really tired. Its my relaxing time.

Youre always learning. The problem is, sometimes you stop and think you understand the world. This is not correct. The world is always moving. You never reach the point you can stop making an effort.