Quotes by Paulo Coelho

“Death is our constant companion, and it is death that gives each persons life its true meaning.”

“If you love someone, you must be prepared to set them free.”

“La felicidad es una bendición, pero generalmente es también una conquista.”

“You will never be able to escape from your heart. So its better to listen to what it has to say.”

“In real life, love has to be possible. Even if it is not returned right away, love can only survive when the hope exists that you will be able to win over the person you desire.”

“They say that in the second before our death, each of us understands the real reason for our existence, and out of that moment, heaven or hell is born.”

“No one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it”

“The strongest love is the love that can demonstrate its fragility.”

“Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.”

“I dont regret my painful times, i bare my scars as if they were medals. I know that freedom has a high price, as high as that of slavery; the only difference is that you pay with pleasure and a smile, even when that that smile dimmed by tears”

“So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.”

“He knew one of the women well, and had shared his universe with her. They had seen the same mountains, and the same trees, although each of them had seem them differently. She knew his weaknesses, his moments of hatred, of despair. Yet she was there at his side. They shared the same universe.”

“Once someone asked me, What do you want to be your epitaph? So I said, Paulo Coelho died when he was alive.”

“My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer.”

“A Warrior of Light values a childs eyes because they are able to look at the world without bitterness. When he wants to find out if the person beside him is worthy of his trust, he tries to see him as a child would”

“In a world where everyone struggles to survive whatever the cost, how could one judge those who decide to die?”

“The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.”

“Love like rain, can nourish from above, drenching couples with a soaking joy. But sometimes under the angry heat of life, love dries on the surface and must nourish from below, tending to its roots keeping itself alive.”

“Because I dont live in either my past or my future.Im interested only in the present.”

“In fairy tales, the princesses kiss the frogs, and the frogs become princes. In real life, the pricesses kiss princes, and the princes turn into frogs.”