Paulo Coelho Quotes

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Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity.

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Love is not to be found in someone else, but in ourselves; we simply awaken it. But in order to do that, we need the other person.

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Sometimes happiness is a blessing, but, generally, it is a conquest. Each day's magic moment helps us and sends us off in search of our dreams.

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When faced with a loss, it is no use trying to recover what has gone. On the other hand, a great space has been opened up in your life - there it lies, empty, waiting to be filled with something new. At the moment of one's loss, contradictory as this might seem, one is being given a large slice of freedom.

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I learned long ago that in order to heal my wounds, I must have the courage to face up with them.

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It's true that everything has its Personal Legend, but one day that Personal Legend will be realized. So each thing has to transform itself into something better, and to acquire a new Personal Legend, until, someday, the Soul of the World becomes one thing only.

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What we aim to do is calm the spirit and get in touch with the source from which everything comes, removing any trace of malice or egotism. If you spend too much time trying to find out what is good or bad about someone else, you'll forget your own soul and end up exhausted and defeated by the energy you have wasted in judging others.

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Only two things can reveal life's great secrets: suffering and love.

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Time neither moves nor is stationary. Time changes.

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Only someone who can say 'I love you' is capable of saying 'I forgive you.

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He who loves has conquered the world and has no fear of losing anything. True love is an act of surrender.

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The alchemists spent years in their laboratories, observing the fire that purified the metals. They spent so much time close to the fire that gradually they gave up the vanities of the world. They discovered that the purification of the metals had led to a purification of themselves.

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The future belongs to God, and it is only he who reveals it, under extraordinary circumstances.

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The taste of things recovered is the sweetest honey we will ever know.

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She wanted to dance with someone who would embrace her in the way she dreamed of since adolescence.

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Some books make us dream, others bring us face to face with reality, but what matters most to the author is the honesty with which a book is written.

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A Search always starts with Beginner's Luck and ends with the Test of the Conqueror.

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When you cease doubting, you have stopped moving forward.

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Whenever I refused to follow my fate, something very hard to bear would happen in my life.
Tragedy always brings about radical change in our lives, a change that is associated with the same principle: loss. When faced by any loss, there's no point in trying to recover what has been; it's best to take advantage of the large space that opens up before us and fill it with something new.

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Ever since time began, people have recognized their true Love by the light in their eyes.

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Live the life you always wanted to live. Avoid criticizing others and concentrate on fulfilling your dreams.

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The busiest people I have known in my life always have time enough to do everything. Those who do nothing are always tired and pay no attention to the little amount of work they are required to do. They complain constantly that the day is too short. The truth is, they are afraid to fight the good fight.

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We have to listen to the child we once were, the child who still exists inside us. That child understands magic moments. We can stifle its cries, but we cannot silence its voice.The child we once were is still there. Blessed are the children, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.If we are not reborn if we cannot learn to look at life with the innocence and the enthusiasm o childhood it makes no sense to go on living.

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Seek out people who aren't afraid of making mistakes and who, therefore, do make mistakes. Because of that, their work often isn't recognized, but they are precisely the kind of people who change the world and, after many mistakes, do something that will transform their own community completely.

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So, in my relationships with men, I've always sought suffering, conflict, and despair.

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