Paulo Coelho Quotes

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The first indication that we are killing our dreams is lack of time.
The second indication that our dreams are dead is certainty.
The third indication that our dreams are dead is peace.

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When you cease doubting, you have stopped moving forward.

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I have been told that beauty is the great seducer of men.

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Anxiety was born in the very same moment as mankind. And since we will never be able to master it, we will have to learn to live with it—just as we have learned to live with storms.

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You are free to choose. Make your decisions with courage, detachment, and a touch of madness.

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Travel is never a matter of money but of courage. I spent a large part of my youth traveling the world as a hippie. And what money did I have then? None. I barely had enough to pay for my fare. But I still consider those to have been the best years of my youth. The great lessons I learned has been precisely those that my journeys had taught me.

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Pity those who seek for shepherds, instead of longing for freedom!

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Our time on this earth is sacred, and we should celebrate every moment.

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Whoever wishes to go down a long path, must learn that the first lesson is to overcome early disappointments.

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When you # travel, you experience, in a very practical way, the act of # rebirth.

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I understand that suffering, when it cannot be avoided, is here to help me on my way to my dreams

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Success does not come from having one's work recognized by others. It is the fruit of the seed that you lovingly planted.

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We can't choose our lives, but we can DECIDE what to do with the joys or griefs we're given.

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Our souls are prisoners of the terror of death, and the day is beautiful.

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Ever since your goal found out that you were traveling toward it, it has been running to meet you

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If we resist the temptation to allow other people to define who we are, then we will gradually be able to let the sun inside our own soul shine forth.

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He learned the most important part of the language that all the world spoke-the language that everyone on earth was capable of understanding in their heart. It was love.

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The Virgin (and I'm not speaking here of a sexual virgin) is the one whose search springs from her complete independence, and everything she learns is the fruit of her ability to face challenges alone.

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Faith shows us that we are never alone. Transformation helps us to love the mystery.

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I understand that everything is connected, that all roads meet, and that all rivers flow into the same sea.

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We all, at some point, grow old and acquire other qualities, and these can always be turned to good advantage.

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Finally, the Witch justifies her existence by going in search of complete and limitless pleasure.

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There is no better time than the autumn to begin forgetting the things that trouble us, allowing them to fall away like dried leaves. There is no better time to dance again, to make the most of every crumb of sunlight and warm body and soul with its rays before it falls asleep and becomes only a dim light bulb in the skies.

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They were strange books. They spoke about mercury, salt, dragons, and kings, and he didn't understand any of it.

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The Saint finds her true reason for living in unconditional love and in her ability to give without asking anything in return.

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We women, when we're searching for a meaning to our lives or for the path of knowledge, always identify with one of four classic archetypes.

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Everyone's looking for the perfect teacher, but although their teachings might be divine, teachers are all too human, and that's something people find hard to accept. Don't confuse the teacher with the lesson, the ritual with the ecstasy, the transmitter of the symbol with the symbol itself.

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Because there is a force that wants you to realize your Personal Legend; it whets your appetite with a taste of success

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Going after a dream has a price. It may mean abandoning our habits, it may make us go through hardships, or it may lead us to disappointment, et cetera. But however costly it may be, it is never as high as the price paid by people who didn't live. Because one day they will look back and hear their own heart say: 'I wasted my life.'

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Courage is the quality most essential to understanding the language of the world.

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