Paulo Coelho

“Once in a mental hospital, a person grows used to the freedom that exists in the world of madness and becomes addicted to it. You no longer have to take on responsibilities, to struggle to earn your daily bread, to be bothered with repetitive, mundane tasks. You could spend hours looking at a picture or making absurd doodles. Everything is torelated because, after all, the person is mentally ill.”

“It's risky, falling in love.""I know that," I answered. "I've been in love before. It's like a narcotic. At first it brings the euphoria of complete surrender. The next day, you want more. You're not addicted yet, but you like the sensation, and you think you can still control things. You think about the person you love for two minutes, and forget them for three hours."But then you get used to that person, and you begin to be completely dependent on them. Now you think about him for three hours and forget him for two minutes. If he's not there, you feel like an addict who can't get a fix. And just as addicts steal and humiliate themselves to get what they need, you're willing to do anything for love.""What a horrible way to put it," he said.”

“Absolute freedom does not exist; what does exist is the freedom to choose anything you like and then commit yourself to that decision.”

“Nothing is completely wrong, even a broken clock is right twice a day.”

“A teacher isn't someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to give of her best in order to discover what she already knows.”

“if, in the beginning, there were so few people on the face of the earth, and now there are so many, where did all those new souls come from?"The answer is simple. In certain reincarnations, we divide into two. Our souls divide as do crystals and start, cells and plants."Our soul divides into two, and those souls are in turn transformed into two and so, within a few generations, we are scattered over a large part of the earth.We form part of what the Alchemists call the Anima Mundi, the sould of the world; the truth is that if the Anima Mundi were merely to keep dividing, it would keep growing, but it would also become gradually weaker. That is why, as well as dividing into two, we also find ourselves. And the process of finding ourselves is called love. Because when a sould divides, it always divides into a male part and a female part.In each life, we feel a mysterious boligation to find at least one of those soul mates. The greater love that seperated them feels pleased with the Love that brings them together again.But how will i know who my soul mate is?By taking risks. By rising failure, disappointment, disillusion, but never ceasing in your search for love. As long as you keep looking, you will triumph in the end.”

“When you’re in love, you’re capable of learning everything and knowing things you had never dared even to think, because love is the key to understanding of all the the mysteries.”

“Even if it is only for a matter of moments, because those moments bring with them a Love so intense that it justifies the rest of our days.”

“When you are loved, you can do anything in creation. When you are loved, there’s no need at all to understand what’s happening, because everything happens within you”

“A writer once said that it is not time that changes man, nor knowledge; the only thing that can change someone's mind is love. What nonsense! The person who wrote that clearly knew only one side of the coin.”

“I learned that the world has a soul, and that whoever understands that soul can also understand the language of things.”

“Sometimes there's just no way to hold back the river.”

“if a book isn't self-explanatory, then it isn't worth reading.”

“Na margem do rio Piedra... Eu me sentei e chorei.Conta a lenda que tudo que cai nas águas deste rio - as folhas, os insetos, as penas das aves - se transforma nas pedras do seu leito.Ah, quem dera eu pudesse arrancar o coração do meu peito e atira-lo na correnteza, e então não haveria mais dor, nem saudade, nem lembranças.Ás margens do rio Piedra eu me sentei e chorei.O frio do inverno fez com que eu sentisse as lágrimas em meu rosto, e elas se misturaram com as aguas geladas que correm diante de mim.Em algum lugar este rio se junta com outro, depois com outro, até que - distante dos meus olhos e do meu coração - todas estas águas se misturam com o mar.Que as minhas lágrimas corram assim para bem longe, para que meu amor nunca saiba que um dia chorei por ele. Que minhas lágrimas corram para bem longe, e então eu esquecerei do rio Piedra, do mosteiro, da igreja nos Pirineus, da bruma, dos caminhos que percorremos juntos.Eu esquecerei as estradas, as montanhas, e os campos de meus sonhos - sonhos que eram meus, e que eu não conhecia.”

“There is only one way to learn. It's through action. Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey.”

“what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over”

“I’m afraid of love, because it involves things that are beyond our understanding; it sheds such a brilliant light, but the shadow it casts frightens me.”

“Being human means having doubts and yet still continuing on your path.”

“Love was above everything else, and there was no hatred in love, only the occasional mistake.”

“Finding one important thing in your life doesn’t mean you have togive up all the other important things.”

“I am two women: one wants to have all the joy, passion and adventure that life can give me. The other wants to be a slave to routine, to family life, to the things that can be planned and achieved. I'm a housewife and a prostitute, both of us living in the same body and doing battle with each other.”

“Because I don't live in either my past or my future.I'm interested only in the present".”

“music isn't just something that comforts or distracts us, it goes beyond that - it's an ideology. you can judge people by the kind of music they listen to.”

“And, when you can't go back, you have to worry only about the best way of moving forward.”

“Pain, loss and separation are inevitable on the path of love, and the only way of avoiding them is by deciding not to take that path at all. In order not to suffer, you have to renounce love.It was like putting out your own eyes in order not to see the bad things in life.”

“Over-anxiety ultimately banishes every trace of joy from life.”

“You're mistaken, Father. You were in paradise, but you didn't recognize it. It's the same with most people in this world; they seek suffering in the most joyous of places because they think they are unworthy of happiness.”

“a man doesn't prove he's a man by getting an erection. He's only a real man if he can pleasure a woman. And if he can pleasure a prostitute, he'll think he's the best lover on the block" -Nyah”

“I could have.What does this phrase mean? At any given moment in our lives, there are certain things that could have heppened but, didn't. The magic moments go unrecognized, and then suddenly, the hand of destiny changes everything.”

“Everything that could happen, but it never happened, eventually was taken away by the wind and leaves no trace.The life - this is our actions.”

“What made you fall in love with a prostitute?”“I didn’t understand it myself at the time. But I’ve thought about it since, and I think it was because, knowing that your body would never be mine alone, I had to concentrate on conquering your soul.”

“Love is not to be found in someone else, but in ourselves; we simply awaken it. But in order to do that, we need the other person. The universe only makes sense when we have someone to share our feelings with.”

“The universe only makes sense when we have someone to share our feelings with.”

“But if I don’t think about love, I will be nothing.”

“I need to write about love. I need to think and think and write about love-otherwise, my soul won’t survive.”

“Dreams are the language of God.”

“In order for us to liberate the energy of our strength, our weakness must first have a chance to reveal itself.”

“It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.”

“What does learning mean: accumulating knowledge or transforming your life?”

“The more attention you pay an enemy, the stronger you make him. Be attentive, but don't be paranoiac.”

“When you know how to use it, disobedience can be a virtue.”

“And the best way to know who we are is often to find out how others see us.”

“You have understood what all great painters understand: in order to forget the rules, you must know them and respect them.”

“They went to university because someone, at a time when universities seemed important, said that in order to rise in the world, you had to have a degree. And thus the world was deprived of some excellent gardeners, bakers, antique dealers, sculptors, and writers.”

“because it seemed too simple to accept that life was an act of faith.”

“Tears are words that need to be written.”

“I think classical ballet dancers dance on pointe because they're simultaneously touching the earth and reaching up to the skies”

“I savour the idea of my new state: single and a millionaire.”

“Things pass, and the best we can do is to let them really go away. Getting rid of certain memories also means making some room for other memories to take their place.”

“Love can take us to heaven or hell, but it always takes us somewhere. Therefore, be prepared to travel...”