Paulo Coelho Quotes

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But if you believe yourself worthy of the thing you fought so hard to get, then you become an instrument of God, you help the Soul of the World, and you understand why you are here.

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All battles in life serve to teach us something, even the battles we lose.

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A warrior never gives in to fear when he is searching for what he needs. Without love, he is nothing.

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She Knows three things: (a) that men are less treacherous than women; (b) that they never notice what a woman is wearing because they're always mentally undressing her, (c) that as long as you've got breasts, thighs, buttocks and belly in good trim, you can conquer the world.

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Only he who gives up is defeated. Everyone else is victorious.

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When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream.

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The great problem with poisoning by Bitterness was that the passions — hatred, love, despair, enthusiasm, curiosity — also ceased to manifest themselves. After a while, the embittered person felt no desire at all. They lacked the will either to live or to die, that was the problem.

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No matter how you are feeling, get up every morning and prepare to let your light shine forth.

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There are neither winners nor losers; there are only stages that must be gone through. When the human heart understands this, it is free and able to accept difficult times without being deceived by moments of glory

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Love transforms, Love heals. But sometimes it lays deadly traps and ends up destroying the person who decided to surrender himself completely.

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Love rules, but no one knows where it has its throne; in order to know that secret place, you must first submit to Love.

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If I am really a part of your dream, you'll come back one day.

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Angels are visible to those who accept the light and break the pact made with darkness.

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He had not a cent in his pocket, but he had faith. He had decided, the night before, that he would be as much an adventurer as the ones he had admired in books.

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Everyone contributes a word, a sentence, an image, but in the end it all makes sense: the happiness of one becomes the joy of all.

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You will be loved and respected only if you love and respect yourself.

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Wherever your heart is, that is where you'll find your treasure.

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Defeat is for the valiant. Only they will know the honor of losing and the joy of winning.

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A brush with death always helps us to live our lives better.

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I'll tell everyone that the children are my reason for living, when in reality my life is their reason for living.

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We are told from childhood onward that everything we want to do is impossible. We grow up with this idea, and as the years accumulate, so too do the layers of prejudice, fear and guilt. There comes a time when our personal calling is so deeply buried in our soul as to be invisible. But know that it's still there.

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You came so that you could learn about your dreams," said the old woman. "And dreams are the language of God. When he speaks in our language, I can interpret what he has said. But if he speaks in the language of the soul, it is only you who can understand.

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Everything on earth is being continuously transformed, because the earth is alive. and it has a soul. We are part of that soul, so we rarely recognize that it is working for us.

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If someone is giving us something, that's because we're incapable of getting it for ourselves.

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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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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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Perhaps they needn't even believe — it was enough that they needed angels, and the angels would return gladly.

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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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In the cycle of nature there is no such thing as victory or defeat; there is only movement.

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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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