Paulo Coelho

“Is it possible to fix love and make it stand still in time? Well, we can try, but that would turn our lives into a hell. I haven't been married for more than 20 years to the same person, because neither she nor I have remained the same. That's why our relationship is more alive than ever. I don't expect her to behave as she did when we first met. Nor does she want me to be the person I was when I found her. Love is beyond time, or, rather, love is both time and space, but all focused on one single constantly evolving point -- the Aleph.”

“Let us concentrate all our efforts on achieving perfection through the imperfect gestures of everyday life. True wisdom means respecting the simple things we do, for they can take us where we need to go.”

“No one ever loses anyone. We are al one soul that needs to continue growing and developing in order for the world to carry on and for us all to meet once again. Sadness really does not help.”

“This is what I wanted. If I believe I will win then victory will believe in me. No life is complete without a touch of madness, or to use J.'s words. What I need to do is reconquer my kingdom. If I can understand what's going on in the world, I can understand what's going on inside myself.”

“That is what marks out a warrior: the knowledge that willpower and courage are not the same thing. Courage can attract fear and adulation, but willpower requires patience and commitment.”

“Faith as tiny as a grain of sand allows us to move mountains.”

“Our dreams are our own, and only we can know the effort required to keep them alive.”

“The universe alwayshelps us fight for our dreams, no matter how foolish they may be.”

“However difficult it may be to accept what happens to us, one must understand that moments such as this give us the possibility for radical change in our behavior.”

“However good we are, however correctly we seek to lead our lives, tragedies do occur. We can blame others, look for justification, imagine how our lives would have been different without them. But none of that matters: they have happened, and that is that. From this point on, it is necessary that we review our own lives, overcome fear, and begin the process of reconstruction.”

“Because, instead of bitterness, you feel enthusiasm. That is the only difference. Apart from that, one must respect the Mystery, and humbly accept that God has a plan for us. A generous plan, which leads us towards His presence, and which justifies these millions of stars, planets, black holes, etc. which we see tonight,”

“Evidently this safety is completely false; no one can control anything, and a change always appears at the moment one least expects it, taking us surprise and with no chance to react or fight.”

“But when I met you, I saw your light and I loved you at once. And I thought that at this stage in my life, I had nothing to lose by being honest with the woman I wanted to have by my side.”

“In mari's view this difficulty was due not to chaos or disorganization or anarchy , but to an excess of order. Society had more & more rules , and laws that contradicted the rules , and new rules that contradicted the laws.”

“I too tried to look at matter from a more generous perspective: I didn't succeed. but now I've gained courage; I've reached the depths and discovered that there is light at the bottom.”

“He knows that the gazelle's power lies in its strong legs. The power of the seagulllies in the accuracy with which it can spear a fish. He has learned that the reasonthe tiger does not fear the hyena is because he is aware of his own strength.”

“I only know that a life without cause is a life without effect.”

“Only when l know, the truth will set me free!”

“trying to support you with their gaze as if a gaze could ever support anyone!”

“Sometimes you have to travel a long way to find what is near”

“He felt the urge to go into the desert, to see if it’s silence held the answers to his questions.”

“And what went wrong when other alchemists tried to make gold and were unable to do so?""They were looking only for gold his companion answered. They were seeking the treasure of their personal legend, without wanting actually to live out the personal legend.”

“This is why they are warriors of the light. Because they err. Because they question. Because they seek a reason - and they will surely find it.”

“Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.”

“Whenever you have to find about something, Plunge rightin!”

“Wait. This was the first lesson I had learned about love. The day drags along, you make thousands of plans, you imagine every possible conversation, you promise to change your behavior in certain ways -- and you feel more and more anxious until your loved one arrives. But by then, you don't know what to say. The hours of waiting have been transformed into tension, the tension has become fear, and the fear makes you embarrassed about showing affection.”

“Kau bisa menemukan Pasangan Jiwamu dengan melihat cahaya di mata mereka, dan sejak awal, begitulah cara orang mengenali cinta sejati mereka.”

“And because of our selfishness, we will be condemned to the worst torture humankind ever invented for itself: loneliness.”

“Visit your soul; don't visit your past.”

“Living as human being and as a divinity.moving from tension into relaxation,from relaxation into trance,from trance into a more intense contact with other people.from that contact back into tension and so on,Like The Serpent swallowing its own tail.”

“The dunes are changed b the wind, but the desert never changes. That's the way it will be with our love for each other.”

“El Enemigo es una parte de Ágape y está allí para poner a prueba nuestra mano y nuestra voluntad en el manejo de la espada. Fue colocado en nuestras vidas, y nosotros en la vida de él, con un propósito. Este propósito tiene que ser satisfecho. Por eso, huir de la lucha es lo peor que puede sucedernos. Es peor que perder la lucha, porque en la derrota siempre podemos aprender algo, pero en la fuga todo lo que logramos es declarar la victoria de nuestro Enemigo.”

“Every person on earth has a gift," he began. "In some, the gift manifests itselfspontaneously; others have to work to discover what it is.”

“We are our own greatest surprise.”

“I felt that pain is a woman’s friend.’ ‘That is the danger.’ ‘I also felt that pain has it’s limits.’ ‘That is the salvation. Don’t forget that.”

“If he was the man she wanted him to be, he would not be intimidated by her silence.”

“I would rather throw myself out of the plane as it crosses the ocean. Since I cannot open the windows, I would die here. But before I die, I want to fight for life. If I can walk on my own, I can go wherever I like.”

“A man's heart is a wretched thing. It's not like a woman's womb. It won't bleed. It won't stretch to make room for you!”

“lived only for the present, because the present was full of surprises.”

“Because, when you know that language, it's easy to understand that someone in the world awaits you, whether it's in the middle of the desert or in some great city. And when two such people encounter each other, and their eyes meet, the past and the future become unimportant. There is only that moment, and the incredible certainty that everything under the sun has been written by one hand only. It is the hand that evokes love, and creates a twin soul for every person in the world. Without such love, ones dreams would have no meaning.”

“being constantly subjected to tests of his persistence and courage. So he could not be hasty, nor impatient. If he pushed forward impulsively, he would fail to see the signs and omens.”

“And I'm going to hold on to what little I have, because I'm too insignificant to conquer the world.”

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

“people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day that the sun rises.”

“The Soul of the World is nourished by people's happiness. And also by unhappiness, envy, and jealousy. To realize one's Personal Legend is a person's only real obligation. All things are one.”

“It's a force that appears to be negative, but actually shows you how to realize your Personal Legend. It prepares your spirit and your will, because there is one great truth on this planet: whoever you are, or whatever it is that you do, when you really want something, it's because that desire originated in the soul of the universe. It's your mission on earth.”

“Telling the truth and making someone cry is better than telling a lie and making someone smile.”

“Why am I unhappy? The question carries with it the virus that will destroy everything.”

“We were approaching the Louvre, but he paused to lean on the parapet, and we both stood there contemplating the passing boats, which dazzled us with their spotlights. ‘Look at them,’ I said, because I needed to talk about something, afraid that he might get bored and go home. ‘They only see what the spotlights show them. When they go home home, they’ll say they know Paris. Tomorrow they’ll go and see the Mona Lisa and claim they’ve visited the Louvre. But they don’t know Paris and have never really been to the Louvre. All they did was go on a boat and look at a painting, one painting, instead of looking at a whole city and trying to find out what’s happening in it, visiting the bars, going down the streets that don’t appear in any of the tourist guides, and getting lost in order to find themselves again. It’s the difference between watching a porn movie and making love.”

“Nothing wrong with looking like a fool if what you are doing is far from foolish.”