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Paulo Coelho Quotes

born 1947 Brazil

Paulo Coelho de Souza (IPA: [ˈpau̯lu ˈko̯eʎu]) (born 24 August 1947) is a Brazilian poet and writer.

Brazil
Novelists
Poets

Also known as: The Witch of Portobello

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185 quotes

Lao-tzu’s words, was: place all your feelings outside of yourself and you will be renewed.

Aleph (2011)

I don’t believe in God as you imagine Him to be, but I believe in many things that you could never even dream of.

Aleph (2011)

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

Veronika Decides to Die (1998)

Life has been very hard on me, but, at the same time, it has taught me a great deal.

Aleph (2011)

Only mediocrity is sure of itself, so take risks, and do what you really want to do.

Aleph (2011)

Life is a dream from which we wake only when we meet death.

Aleph (2011)

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

Aleph (2011)

Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks.

By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept (1994)

Of believing, even when no one believes in me.

Aleph (2011)

As he mused about these things, he realised that he had to choose between thinking of himself as the poor victim of a thief and as an adventurer in quest of his treasure.

The Alchemist (1988)

You want to know if the heart of a man or a woman can contain enough love for more than one person? … I think it's perfectly possible as long as one of those people doesn’t turn into … a Zahir.

The Zahir (2005)

People aren’t used to that way of thinking. They want everything to stay the same—and the consequence of that is pain,”.

Aleph (2011)

The weak are wicked. Goodness can only be expected from the strong.

We need to love. Even when it leads us to the land where the lakes are made of tears, to that secret, mysterious place, the land of tears!

Manuscript Found in Accra (2012)

Routine has nothing to do with repetition. To become really good at anything, you have to practice and repeat, practice and repeat, until the technique becomes intuitive.

Aleph (2011)

Life is one long training session in preparation for what will come. Life and death lose their meaning; there are only challenges to be met with joy and overcome with tranquility.

Aleph (2011)

Don't think about what you've left behind, the alchemist said to the boy as they began to ride across the sands of the desert. "Everything is written in the Soul of the World, and there it will stay forever."

The Alchemist (1988)

Love simply is. … Love and don't ask too many questions. Just love.

Joy. That is one of the main blessings of the All-Powerful. If we are happy, we are on the right road.

Manuscript Found in Accra (2012)

What can’t be cured must be endured.

Aleph (2011)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Paulo Coelho (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.