Paulo Coelho Quotes

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Our life is a constant journey, from birth to death. The landscape changes, the people change, our needs change, but the train keeps moving. Life is the train, not the station. And what you're doing now isn't traveling, it's just changing countries, which is completely different
Understand what is going on inside you and you will understand what is going on inside everyone else.

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One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.

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A rose dreams of enjoying the company of bees, but none appears. The sun asks: Aren't you tired of waiting? Yes, answers the rose, but if I close my petals, I will wither and die.

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Outer beauty is inner beauty made visible, and it manifests itself in the light that flows in our eyes.

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At some point, we have each said through our tears, I'm suffering for a love that's not worth it. We suffer because we feel we are giving more than we receive. We suffer because our love is going unrecognized. We suffer because we are unable to impose our own rules. But ultimately there is no good reason for our suffering, for in every love lies the seed of our growth.

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A life is never useless. Each soul that came down to Earth is here for a reason.

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In order to live fully, it is necessary to be in constant movement, only then can each day be different from the last.

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Signs are an extremely personal language that we develop throughout our lives, by trial and error, until we begin to understand that God is guiding us.

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Fanaticism is the only way to put an end to the doubts that constantly trouble the human soul.

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Saying 'No' does not always show a lack of generosity and that saying 'Yes' is not always a virtue

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Love is the only thing that will save us, independent of any mistakes we may make. Love is always stronger.

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When you travel you experience, in a very practical way, the act of rebirth. You confront completely new situations, the day passes more slowly, and on most journeys you don't even understand the language the people speak....You begin to be more accessible to others, because they may be able to help you in difficult situations..

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I don't live in either my past or my future. I'm interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you'll be a happy man. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we're living now.

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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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We are not the person other people wish we were. We are who we decide to be.

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The only reason I don't throw myself into your arms, kiss you and make love with you now is that I lack the courage and am afraid of loving you.

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Life takes us by surprise and orders us to move toward the unknown — even when we don't want to and when we think we don't need to.

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No matter how many detours and adjustments it made, the caravan moved toward the same compass point. Once obstacles were overcome, it returned to its course, sighting on a star that indicated the location of the oasis.

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Defeat ends when we launch into another battle. Failure has no end: it is a lifetime choice.

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"If good things are coming, they will be a pleasant surprise," said the seer. "If bad things are, and you know in advance, you will suffer greatly before they even occur."

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You are someone who is different, but who wants to be the same as everyone else. And that in my view is a serious illness. God chose you to be different. Why are you disappointing God with this kind of attitude?

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Accumulating love brings luck, accumulating hatred brings calamity.

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I can't tell someone that their dreams are impossible.

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From that day on, it was the desert that would be important. She would look to it everyday, and would try to guess which star the boy was following in search of his treasure. She would have to send her kisses on the wind hoping that the wind would touch the boy's face, and would tell him that she was alive.

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I learned that the search for God is a Dark Night, that Faith is a Dark Night. And that's hardly a surprise really, because for us each day is a dark night. None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, and yet still we go forward. Because we trust. Because we have Faith.

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No one can desire the love of God without first knowing human love.

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When a sense of dissatisfaction persists, that means it was placed there by God for one reason only: you need to change everything and move forward.

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Finding something important in life does not mean that you must give up everything else.

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I learned something recently: our true friends are those who are with us when the good things happen. They cheer us on and are pleased by our triumphs. False friends only appear at difficult times, with their sad, supportive faces, when, in fact, our suffering is serving to console them for their miserable lives...

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The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better." — The Alchemist

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