Paulo Coelho
(49 quotes)
Wednesday Jun 21, 2023
Paulo Coelho: Explanations
Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.
Monday Apr 17, 2023
Paulo Coelho: The two hardest tests
The two hardest tests on the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what we encounter.
Friday Apr 14, 2023
Paulo Coelho: Strive to be better
When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too.
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
Paulo Coelho: How people learn
People never learn anything
by being told,
they have to find out for themselves.
Wednesday Feb 22, 2023
Paulo Coelho: To fall and stand up
The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.
Friday Jan 6, 2023
Paulo Coelho: Your treasure
Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.
Tuesday Dec 13, 2022
Paulo Coelho: Victim or adventurer
I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure.
It's all a question of how I view my life.
Thursday Nov 10, 2022
Paulo Coelho: Our opportunities
Sometimes, we are so attached to our way of life that we turn down wonderful opportunities simply because don't know what to do with it.
Thursday Nov 3, 2022
Paulo Coelho: The true experience of freedom
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.
Monday Aug 29, 2022
Paulo Coelho: Dreams
If I am really a part of your dream, you'll come back one day.
Monday Jun 13, 2022
Paulo Coelho: Achieving a dream
There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.
Monday May 23, 2022
Paulo Coelho: When we become better.
When we love, we always strive to become better than we are.
When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.
Monday May 9, 2022
Paulo Coelho: Troubles for a reason
There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them. But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there.
Wednesday May 4, 2022
Paulo Coelho: Never judge the lives of others
We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation.
It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.
Wednesday Apr 20, 2022
Paulo Coelho: Be enthusiastic
When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It's very simple.
Wednesday Mar 9, 2022
Paulo Coelho: What makes life interesting
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.
Tuesday Jan 4, 2022
Paulo Coelho: Your fears
Don't give in to your fears. If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart.
Friday Aug 20, 2021
Paulo Coelho: to be loved
One is loved because one is loved.
No reason is needed for loving.
Wednesday Jul 28, 2021
Paulo Coelho: Our love and our will
With the strength of our love and our will we can change our destiny as well as the destiny of many others.
Tuesday Jul 20, 2021
Paulo Coelho: There is no tragedy
There is no tragedy, only the unavoidable.
Everything has its reason for being: you only need to distinguish what is temporary from what is lasting.
Thursday Jun 10, 2021
Paulo Coelho: The universe will help you
When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream.
Monday May 17, 2021
Paulo Coelho: Suffering and dreaming
Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.
Friday Feb 26, 2021
Paulo Coelho: Experience
Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.
Tuesday Feb 23, 2021
Paulo Coelho: Days and miracles
You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one; each day brings a miracle of its own. It's just a matter of paying attention to this miracle.
Monday Jan 4, 2021
Paulo Coelho: Certain things in life
Certain things in life simply have to be experienced -and never explained. Love is such a thing.
Monday Dec 21, 2020
Paulo Coelho: Do you take risks?
You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.
Thursday Dec 3, 2020
Paulo Coelho: The simple things
The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.
Friday Sep 4, 2020
Paulo Coelho: Soul and body
I'm not a body with a soul, I'm a soul that has a visible part called the body.
Monday Aug 3, 2020
Paulo Coelho: Other people’s opinions
Don’t be intimidated by other people’s opinions. Only mediocrity is sure of itself, so take risks and do what you really want to do.
Friday Mar 27, 2020
Paulo Coelho: The great lessons
We always have a tendency to see those things that do not exist and to be blind to the great lessons that are right there before our eyes.
Thursday Mar 12, 2020
Paulo Coelho: About lives
Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.
Thursday Dec 5, 2019
Paulo Coelho: Do what you always wanted
One day you will wake up and there won't be an more time to do the things you've always wanted.
Do it now.
Tuesday Sep 10, 2019
Paulo Coelho: Strategic mistakes
The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip.
To avoid this, the warrior treats each situation as if it were unique and never resorts to formulae, recipes or other people's opinions.
Thursday Aug 29, 2019
Paulo Coelho: Love Phrases
The most beautiful love phrases are spoken in the silence of a look.
Monday Jul 22, 2019
Paulo Coelho: Find your creative potential
Everybody has a creative potential and from the moment you can express this creative potential, you can start changing the world.
Tuesday Jun 18, 2019
Paulo Coelho: Close some doors today
Close some doors today.
Not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because they lead you nowhere.
Monday Apr 8, 2019
Paulo Coelho: Life sets us a challenge
When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change.
Monday Jun 4, 2018
Paulo Coelho: Recognize the good things
When each day is the same as the next, it's because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every time the sun rises.
Thursday Sep 21, 2017
Paulo Coelho: Changing the world
The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.
Friday Jun 23, 2017
Paulo Coelho: Close some doors
Close some doors today.
Not because of pride,
incapacity or arrogance,
but simply because they lead you nowhere.
Thursday Jun 22, 2017
Paulo Coelho: How life is testing us
Life has many ways of testing a person's will,
either by having nothing happen at all
or by having everything happen all at once.
Tuesday Apr 18, 2017
Paulo Coelho: Yes and no
When you say 'Yes' to others make sure you are not saying 'No' to yourself.
Thursday Mar 23, 2017
Paulo Coelho: The victim
If you act like a victim, you are likely to be treated as one.
Friday Nov 11, 2016
Paulo Coelho: Liberating yourself from memory
It takes a huge effort to free yourself from memory.
Wednesday Nov 2, 2016
Paulo Coelho: Do it now!
One day, you will wake up and there won't be any more time, to do things you've always wanted.
Do it now!
Friday Oct 21, 2016
Paulo Coelho: In harmony with yourself
The more in harmony
with yourself you are,
the more joyful you are
and the more faithful you are.
Faith is not to disconnect
you from reality,
it connects you to reality.
Friday Jul 1, 2016
Paulo Coelho: Are you wasting your time?
Anyone who loves in the expectation of being loved in return is wasting their time.