185 quotes
Of working happily, even in the midst of difficulties
Aleph (2011)
I forgive the pain and the disappointments
Aleph (2011)
I forgive the hatred and the persecution
Aleph (2011)
I forgive the world and all its evils.”
Aleph (2011)
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.
Aleph (2011)
Love is always new. Regardless of whether we love once, twice, or a dozen times in our life, we always face a brand-new situation. Love can consign us to hell or to paradise, but it always takes us somewhere.
By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept (1994)
Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.
By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept (1994)
There is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose some of the battles in the struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you're fighting for.
Honor Your Gifts (2007)
Does a young man, rejected by his first love, declare that love does not exist? The young man says to himself: “I’ll find someone better able to understand what I feel. And then I will be happy for the rest of my days."
Manuscript Found in Accra (2012)
What continues to trouble him is not what happens, but a fear that he won’t know how to deal with it. Once he has decided to follow his path and has no alternative, he discovers that he has great will power and that events bend to his decisions.
Manuscript Found in Accra (2012)
Solitude is not the absence of Love, but its complement...Solitude is not the absence of company, but the moment when our soul is free to speak to us and help us decide what to do with our life.
Manuscript Found in Accra (2012)
I love you like a river that begins as a solitary trickle in the mountains and gradually grows and joins other rivers until, after a certain point, it can flow around any obstacle in order to get where it wants.
Aleph (2011)
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?
Veronika Decides to Die (1998)
On 11 November 1997, Veronika decided that the moment to kill herself had — at last! — arrived.
Veronika Decides to Die (1998)
I will be capable of loving, regardless of whether I am loved in return
Aleph (2011)
No one can go back, but everyone can go forward. And tomorrow, when the sun rises, all you have to say to yourselves is: I am going to think of this day as the first day of my life.
Manuscript Found in Accra (2012)
Jesus lived a life that was full of joy and contradictions and fights, you know? If they were to paint a picture of Jesus without contradictions, the gospels would be fake, but the contradictions are a sign of authenticity.
At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible. They are not afraid to dream, and to yearn for everything they would like to see happen to them in their lives. But, as time passes a mysterious force begins to convince them that it will be impossible for them to realize their destiny.
The Alchemist (1988)
When I knocked, the door opened. When I looked, I found.
Aleph (2011)
It’s always easy to blame others. You can spend your entire life blaming the world, but your successes or failures are entirely your own responsibility. You can try to stop time, but it’s a complete waste of energy.
Aleph (2011)