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Leave your comfortable life and go in search of your kingdom.
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Anyone who has lost something they thought was theirs forever finally comes to realise that nothing really belongs to them.
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If there is any possible consolation in the tragedy of losing someone we love very much, it's the necessary hope that perhaps it was for the best.
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The world is divided into those who understand me and those who don't. In the case of the latter, I simply leave them to torment themselves trying to gain my sympathy.
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People are afraid to pursue their most important dreams, because they feel that they don't deserve them, or that they'll be unable to achieve them. We, their hearts, become fearful just thinking of loved ones who go away forever, or of moments that could have been good but weren't, or of treasures that might have been found but were forever hidden in the sands. Because, when these things happen, we suffer terribly.
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Perhaps they needn't even believe — it was enough that they needed angels, and the angels would return gladly.
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No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn't know it.
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In the cycle of nature there is no such thing as victory or defeat; there is only movement.
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If what one finds is made of pure matter, it will never spoil. If what you had found was only a moment of light, like the explosion of a star, you would find nothing on your return.
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He had worked for an entire year to make a dream come true, and that dream, minute by minute, was becoming less important. Maybe cause that wasn't really his dream.
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What people regard as vanity—leaving great works, having children, acting in such a way as to prevent one's name from being forgotten—I regard as the highest expression of human dignity.
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Excessive caution destroys the soul and the heart, because living is an act of courage, and an act of courage is always an act of love.
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Love will never separate a man from his Personal Legend.
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The only way to make the right decision is to find out which is the wrong decision, to examine that other path without fear, and only then to decide.
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We humans have two great problems: the first is knowing when to begin; the second is knowing when to stop.
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It's better to live cherishing a dream than face the possibilty that it might all come to nothing.
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Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate, and make sure you know exactly what it is that you want. No one can hit his target with his eyes closed.
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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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God only allows us to see such things when he wants something to change
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The act of discovering who we are will force us to accept that we can go further than we think.
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The parents always insisted on telling their child that their secret friends didn't exist — perhaps because they had forgotten that they too had spoken to their angel at one time. Or, who knows, perhaps they thought they lived in a world where there was no longer any place for angels. Disenchanted, the angels had returned to God's side, knowing that they could no longer impose their presence.
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Because you believed I was capable of behaving decently, I did.
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The wise men understood that this natural world is simply a guarantee that there exists a world that is perfect. God created the world so that, through its visible objects, men could understand his spiritual teachings and the marvels of his wisdom. That's what I mean by action.
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The mere possibility of getting what we want fills the soul of the ordinary person with guilt. We look around at all those who have failed to get what they want and feel that we do not deserve to get what we want either. We forget about all the obstacles we overcame, all the suffering we endured, all the things we had to give up in order to get this far...
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If I were to persuade just one person to stop fighting for something they were convinced was worthwhile, I would end up persuading myself, and my whole life would be diminished.
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Eroticism is assenting to life even in death.
Georges Bataille
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Born:
August 24, 1947
(age 76)
Bio:
Paulo Coelho de Souza is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist. He is the recipient of numerous international awards, amongst them the Crystal Award by the World Economic Forum.
Known for:
The Alchemist (1988)
Eleven Minutes (2003)
Brida (1990)
Adultery (2014)
Veronika Decides to Die (1998)
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