Paulo Coelho

“Evil had to manifest itself and fulfill its role, so that ultimately Good could prevail. [...] Evil needs to manifest itself, for them to understand the value of Good.”

“There must be a language that doesn’t depend on words, the boy thought… He was learning lots of new things. Some of them were things that he had already experienced, and weren’t really new, but that he had never perceived before. And he hadn’t perceived them because he had become accustomed to them…”

“Victories and defeats form part of everyone's life - everyone, that is, except cowards, as you call them, because they never lose or win.”

“There were two things that prevent us from achieving our dreams: believing them to be impossible or seeing those dreams made possible by some sudden turn of the wheel of fortune, when you least expected it. [...]People want to change everything and, at the same time, want it all to remain the same”

“If only everyone could know and live with their inner craziness. Would the world be a worse place for it? No, people would be fairer and happier.”

“The young all have the same dream: to save the world. Some quickly forget this dream, convinced that there are more important things to do, like having a family, earning money, traveling, and learning a foreign language. Others, though, decide that it really is possible to make a difference in society and to shape the world we will hand on to future generations.”

“Sometimes life is very mean: a person can spend days, weeks, months and years without feeling new. Then, when a door opens - a positive avalanche pours in. One moment, you have nothing, the next, you have more than you can cope with.”

“But when he thought to complain about the burden of its weight, he remembered that, because he had the jacket, he had withstood the cold of the dawn.We have to be prepared for change, he thought, and he was grateful for the jacket's weight and warmth.The jacket had a purpose, and so did the boy.”

“Isn't wine prohibited here?" the boy asked. "It's not what enters men's mouths that's evil," said the alchemist. "It's what comes out of their mouths that is.”

“There's nothing deeper than love. In fairy tales, the princesses kiss the frogs, and the frogs become princes. In real life,the princesses kiss princes, and the princes turn into frogs.”

“die wahre Erfahrung von Freiheit: das Wichtigste auf der Welt zu haben, ohne es zu besitzen.”

“Wenn ich allein klarkomme, komme ich überallhin.”

“Hör auf, ständig zu glauben, dass du jemandem störst! Wenn die Leute sich gestört fühlen, werden sie es schon sagen! Und wenn sie nicht den Mut dazu haben, ist das ihr Problem!”

“Je glücklicher die Menschen sein können, desto unglücklicher werden sie.”

“The day is made up of 24 hours and an infinite number of moments. We need to be aware of those moments and make the most of them regardless of whether we're busy doing something or contemplating life.”

“Hide your craziness behind a beautiful smile. That's all you need.”

“Everything depends on One Word : "Maktub" !”

“The present moment, though, is outside of time, it’s Eternity. In India they use the word “karma” for lack of any better term. But it’s a concept that’s rarely given a proper explanation. It isn’t what you did in the past that will affect the present. It’s what you do in the present that will redeem the past and thereby change the future.”

“Tell your story: Yes, tell your story. Show your example. Tell everyone it's possible, and others shall feel the courage, to climb their own mountains.”

“If I had a choice, if I had understood earlier that the reason my days were all the same was because I wanted them like that, perhaps...”

“But human beings are like that, she thought. We've replaced nearly all our emotions with fear.”

“Las dunas cambian con el viento, pero el desierto sigue siendo el mismo. Así sucederá con nuestro amor. Maktub. Si yo soy parte de tu Leyenda, tú volverás un día.”

“He hadn't a cent in his pocket, but he had faith !”

“Maybe these desert birds could explain to him the meaning of love without ownership.”

“There's A Force that wants you to realize your personal legend; it whets your appetite with a taste of success”

“we who determine how quickly time passes.”

“We live in a vale of tears...We can have all the dreams we like, but life is hard, implacable, sad.”

“I ask myself: Are Defeats necessary ?Well,necessary or not, they happen.When we first begin fighting for our dream, we've no experience and make many mistakes.The Secret of life, though,is to fall seven times and to get up eight times !”

“Au lieu de t'acheter un objet que tu aimerais posséder, je te donne un objet qui m'appartiens, vraiment à moi, un cadeau. C'est un témoignage de respect envers celui qui se tient face à moi. une façon de lui faire comprendre combien il importe d'être près de lui. Il possède maintenant une petite part de moi-même, que je lui ai librement et spontanément remise.”

“If a person is living out his destiny, he knows everything he needs to know. There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”

“Usually the threat of death makes people a lot more aware of their lives.”

“I am always amazed that so many people are concerned with wanting to be what they are not;What is the point of making yourself look ridiculous?You don't always have to pretend to be strong,there is no need to prove all the time that everything is going well,you shouldn't be concerned about what other people are thinking.Cry if you need to,it's good to cry out all your tears,because only then you will be able to smile again...”

“The energy of hatred won't get you anywhere; but the energy of forgiveness, which reveals itself through love, will transform your life in a positive way.”

“The heart decides, and what it decides is all that really matters.”

“It's what you have always wanted to accomplish. Everyone, when they are young, knows what their destiny is. 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... It's a force that appears to be negative, but actually shows you how to realize your destiny. It prepares your spirit and you 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.”

“The words of the Lord are written in the word around us. Merely be attentive to what happens in your life and you will discover where.”

“Only the following items should be considered to be grave faults: not respecting another's rights; allowing oneself to be paralyzed by fear; feeling guilty; believing that one does not deserve the good or ill that happens in one's life; being a coward. We will love our enemies, but not make alliances with them. They were placed in our path in order to test our sword, and we should, out of respect for them, struggle against them. We will choose our enemies.”

“People give flowers as present because flowers contain true meaning of love. Anyone who tries to posses a flower will have to watch its beauty fading. But if you simply look at a flower in the field, you'll keep it forever. That is what the forest taught me. That you will never be mine, and that is why i will never lose you.”

“Sólo el amor nos permite escapar y transformar la esclavitud en libertad”

“Va' a prendere le tue cose," ha detto. " I sogni richiedono fatica.”

“Avevo sempre saputo che il vero amore è al di sopra di tutto e che sarebbe stato meglio morire, piuttosto che cessare di amare. Ma pensavo che solo gli altri ne avessero il coraggio. In quel momento, invece, scoprivo di esserene capace anch'io. Anche se avesse dovuto significare partenza, solitudine, tristezza, l'amore valeva comunque ogni centesimo del suo prezzo.”

“It is not the life that matters, but the journey.”

“Enjoy the questions and forget the answers.”

“Bukan terang yang ingin kau temukan. Kau hanya ingin memastikan bahwa yang ada hanyalah kegelapan.”

“U trenucima kad telo oslobodi dušu, ona se penje u nebesa ili silazi u pakao, zavisno od stanja duha osobe kojoj se to dešava. Na oba ta mesta, ona uči ono što joj treba; kako da uništi svog bližnjeg ili kako da ga izleči.Vera nije želja. Vera je Volja. Želje su nešto što mora da se utoli, a Volja je, sama po sebi, jedna snaga. Volja menja prostor oko nas...A postoji li išta što možemo da sačuvamo za sebe? Sve što imamo, poklonićemo jednog dana. Drveće daje da bi nastavilo da živi, jer kad bis e čuvalo, prestalo bi da postoji.... najveća je zasluga ne onoga koji nudi već onog koji prima ne osećajući da je dužan. Čovek daje malo kad raspolaže samo materijalnim dobrima; ali daje mnogo kad predaje celog sebe.Svi nastoje da budu zadovoljni onim što imaju. Osim sebe. Osim tebe. Osim nekih retkih pojedinaca poput nas, koji moraju malo da se žrtvuju, u ime jednog našeg cilja.Živeti kao ljudsko biće i kao božanstvo. Prelaziti iz stanja opuštenosti u stanje transa, iz transa u blizak kontakt sa drugima, a iz tog kontakta ponovo u stanje napetosti, i tako redom, kao zmija koja grize sopstveni rep.Naravno da nije nimalo lako - pre svega zato što zahteva bezuslovnu ljubav, koja se ne plaši patnje, ni odbijanja, ni gubitka.Ali, onaj ko se jednom napio te vode, nikad više neće moći da utoli žeđ na drugom izvoru.... nema potrebe da hvalite zemlju. Ona će uvek biti velikodušna prema vašoj zajednici. Važno je hvaliti ljudsko biće.... promene se dešavaju samo onda kad su naši postupci u potpunoj suprotnosti sa svim onim na šta smo navikli.... jer smo svi mi osuđeni na samoću, i uspevamo da vidimo sebe jedino u pogledima drugih ljudi.... ljubav ispunjava sve. Ne može biti predmet želje, jer je sama sebi cilj. Ne može da vara, jer niko ne može da je poseduje. Ne može da se zarobi, jer je kao nabujala reka koja preplavljuje svaku branu. Ko pokuša da je zauzda, preseći će izvor koji ga napaja, a u tom slučaju, voda koju je uspeo da sakupi postaće ustajala kao bara puna žabokrečine.Novi svet pripada Majci koja je došla, zajedno s Ljubavlju, da odvoji nebesa od vode. Ko veruje da je promašio u životu, grešiće i dalje. Ko je ubeđen da ne može drugačije da postupa, biće uništen rutinom. Ko je odlučio da se odupre promenama, biće pretvoren u prah i pepeo.”

“Niko ne pali svetiljku da bi je sakrio iza vrata: svrha svetlosti je da osvetli prostor oko sebe, da otvori oči, da pokaže lepote i krasote u svojoj okolini.Niko ne prinosi na žrtvu ono najdragocenije što ima: ljubav.Niko ne prepušta svoje snove u ruke onima koji mogu da ih unište.Svako ko slučajno otkrije u sebi neki dar i usudi se da govori o svojim sposobnostima, počinje da pobuđuje podozrenje.Ako postoji neka uteha u tragediji gubitka osobe koju smo toliko silno voleli, to je ona uvek neophodna nada da je možda i bolje što se tako dogodilo.... nalazim se na bojnom polju otkako sam se rodila, a još sam živa i ne treba mi niko da me štiti.Potpuno se prepustiti ljubavi, bila ona božanska ili ljudska, znači odreći se svega - uključujući i vlastitu dobrobit, ili sposobnost donošenja odluka. Znači voleti u najdubljem smislu te reči. U suštini, mi i ne želimo da budemo spaseni na način koji je Bog izabrao da nas iskupi, želimo da očuvamo potpunu kontrolu nad svakim korakom, da imamo punu svest o svojim odlukama, da budemo kadri da izaberemo predmet svoje odanosti.S ljubavlju nije tako - ona dođe, nastani se u nama, i počinje da upravlja svime. Samo vrlo snažne duše pristaju da joj se predaju...Muzika nije samo nešto što nas teši, ili zabavlja, već mnogo više od toga - jedna ideologija. Ljude možete prepoznati po vrsti muzike koju slušaju.Zato što sam naučila da patim u tišini otkad znam za sebe...Zato se radije mirim sa svojom samoćom: ako u ovom trenutku pokušam od nje da pobegnem, nikad više neću naći partnera. Ako je prihvatim, umesto da se borim protiv nje, možda će se stvari promeniti. Videla sam da je samoća jača kad pokušavamo da joj se suprotstavimo, ali postaje slaba kad na nju jednostavno ne obraćamo pažnju.”

“God hides the fires of hell within paradise.”

“Really important meetings are planned by the souls long before the bodies see each other. Generally speaking, these meetings occur when we reach a limit, when we need to die and be reborn emotionally. These meetings are waiting for us, but more often than not, we avoid them happening. If we are desperate, though, if we have nothing to lose, or if we are full of enthusiasm for life, then the unknown reveals itself, and our universe changes direction.”

“Don't forget that everything you deal with is only one thing and nothing else.......above all dont forget to follow your destiny through to its conclusion”

“Warriors of light are not perfect.Their beauty lies in accepting this fact and still desiring to grow and to learn.”