Paulo Coelho

“Terror, terror, terror. Life was a reign of terror, in the shadow of the guillotine.”

“Men take the oddest satisfaction in feeling superior without knowing that most of the time they are being utterly predictable.”

“Everyday was another day spent waiting.  Every night was another night when she might meet someone who would  recognize her true worth.”

“Given the right circumstances, every human being n this earth would be willing to commit evil.”

“Her heart had already been broken many times over, and yet she still believed she was destined to meet the man of her life. ”

“Those who make promises they don't keep end up powerless and frustrated, and exactly the same fate awaits those who believe those promises.”

“Life is a fast, dizzing game; life is a parachute jump; it's taking chances, falling over and getting up again; it's mountaineering; it's wanting to get to the very top of yourself and to feel angry and dissatisfied when you don't manage it.”

“Combien de fois abandonnons-nous notre chemin, attirés par l’éclat trompeur du chemin d’à côté ?”

“Age only slows down those who never had the courage to walk at their own pace..”

“I saw the endless steppes, which, although they appeared to be nothing but desert, were, in fact, full of life, full of creatures hidden in the low scrub. I saw the flat horizon, the vast empty space, heard the sound of horses’ hooves, the quiet wind, and then, all around us, nothing, absolutely nothing. It was as if the world had chosen this place to display, at once, its vastness, its simplicity, and its complexity. It was as if we could—and should—become like the steppes—empty, infinite, and, at the same time, full of life.”

“I needed to talk about my real personal history, in order to become free of it.”

“Yet they sense that something is wrong. They can’t quite put their finger on the problem. As time passes, they grow more and more dependent on each other; they are getting older; any opportunities to make a new life are vanishing fast. They try to keep busy doing reading or embroidery, watching television, seeing friends, but there is always the conversation over supper or after supper. He is easily irritated, she is more silent than usual. They can see that they are growing further and further apart, but cannot understand why. They reach the conclusion that this is what marriage is like, but won’t talk to their friends about it; they are the image of the happy couple who support each other and share the same interests. She takes a lover, so does he, but it’s never anything serious, of course. What is important, necessary, essential, is to act as if nothing is happening, because it’s too late to change.”

“In order for the true energy of love to penetrate your soul, your soul must be as if you had just been born”

“As Einstein said, God does not play dice with the universe; everything is interconnected and has a meaning. That meaning may remain hidden nearly all the time, but we always know we are close to our true mission on earth when what we are doing is touched with the energy of enthusiasm.”

“If someone is capable of loving his partner without restrictions, unconditionally, then he is manifesting the love of God. If the love of God becomes manifest, he will love his neighbor. If he loves his neighbor, he will love himself. If he loves himself, then everything returns to its proper place.”

“There are 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 wheel fortune, when you least expected it.”

“We're living in an age in which everything is allowed, and democracy is being devoured and destroyed by that limitless freedom.”

“Felix has landed safely from his jump from the stratosphere..Never accept your limitations-because there are NO limitations Viva Felix!”

“All human beings are different and should take their right to be different to its ultimate consequences”

“The world always was and always will be complicated”

“Every man hath the right to doubt his task, and to forsake it from time to time; but what he must not do is forget it. Whoever doubteth not himself is unworthy-- for in his unquestioning belief in his ability, he commiteth the sin of pride. Blessed are they who go through moments of indecision.”

“Whenever he could, he sought out a new road to travel”

“Whenever he could he sort out a new road to travel”

“Try and travel alone, or - if you are married - with your spouse. It will be harder work, no one will be looking after you, but this is the only way of truly leaving your country. Group travel is just a disguised way of pretending to go abroad, where you speak your own language, obey the leader of the pack, and concern yourself more with the internal gossip of the group than with the place you are visiting.”

“When you say 'yes' to others, make sure you're not saying 'no' to yourself.”

“La conciencia de la muerte nos anima a vivir más”

“El verdadero amor cambia con el tiempo y crece y descubre nuevas maneras de expresarse”

“Nadie puede juzgar, sólo uno sabe la dimensión de su propio sufrimiento o de la ausencia total de sentido de su vida.”

“Loco es quien vive en un mundo propio”

“Podemos cometer muchos errores en nuestras vidas, menos uno: aquel que nos destruye.”

“Ciertas personas, en el afán de querer construir un mundo donde ninguna amenaza externa pueda penetrar, aumentan exageradamente sus defensas contra el exterior y dejan su interior desguarnecido.”

“La locura es la incapacidad para comunicar tus ideas. Como si estuvieras en un país extranjero, viendo todo, entendiendo lo que pasa a tu alrededor, pero incapaz de explicarte y ser ayudado porque no entiendes la lengua que hablan allí.”

“Citaría a Platón, ya que estaría ante un intelectual. Según él, al principio de la creación, los hombres y las mujeres no eran como son hoy; había sólo un ser, que era bajo, con un cuerpo, pero cuya cabeza tenía dos caras, cada una mirando en una dirección. Era como si dos criaturas estuviesen pegadas por la espalda, con dos sexos opuestos, cuatro piernas, cuatro brazos.Los dioses griegos, sin embargo, eran celosos, y vieron que una criatura que tenía cuatro brazos trabajaba más, dos caras opuesta estaban siempre vigilantes y no podían ser atacadas a traición, cuatro piernas no exigiían tanto esfuerzo para permaneces de pie o andar durante largos períodos. Y lo que era más peligroso: la criatura tenía dos sexos diferentes, no necesitaba a nadie más para seguir reproduciéndose en la Tierra.Entonces dijo Zeus, el supremo señor del Olimpo: Tengo un planpara hacer que esos mortales pierdan su fuerza.Y con un rayo, partió a la criatura en dos, y así creo al hombre y a la mujer. Eso aumentó mucho la población del mundo, y al mismo tiempo desorientó y debilitó a los que en él habitaban, porque ahora tenían que buscar su parte perdida, abrazarla de nuevo, y en ese abrazo recuperar la antigua fuerza, la capacidad de evitar la traición, la resistencia para andar largos períodos y soportar el trabajo agotador. A ese abrazo donde los dos cuerpos se confunden de nuevo en uno lo llamamos sexo. ”

“The path to wisdom is to be yourself. Stop "seeking".”

“I am in the Aleph, the point at which everything is in the same place at the same time. I'm at a window, looking out at the world and its secret places, poetry lost in time and words left hanging in space...sentences that are perfectly understood, even when left unspoken. Feelings that simultaneously exalt and suffocate.”

“In a forest of a hundred thousand trees, no two leaves are alike. And no two journeys along the same path are alike.”

“Heaven and Earth are meeting in a storm that, when it's over, will leave the air purer and the leaves fertile, but before that happens, houses will be destroyed, centuries- old trees will topple, paradises will be flooded.”

“The rain is falling ever harder and all I can hear is the sound of the water. I'm drenched but I can't move.”

“You don't need to climb a mountain to know that it's high.”

“Déjà vu is more than just that fleeting moment of surprise, instantly forgotten because we never bother with things that make no sense. It show that time doesn't pass. It's a leap into something we have already experienced and that is being repeated.”

“if a lie is repeated often enough, it ends up convincing everyone”

“Lose what? A man only has a soul to be won or lost; apart from his life, he has nothing. Past or future lives do not matter - at the moment you are living this one, and you should do so with silent comprehension, joy and enthusiasm. What you must not lose is your enthusiasm.”

“Waiting is painful.Forgetting is painful.But not knowing which to do is the worse kind of suffering.”

“A shepherd may like to travel, but he should never forget his sheep.”

“When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a story current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision.”

“Miracles do not go against the laws of nature; we only think that because we do not know nature's laws.”

“But if we are talking in terms of making progress in life, we must understand that "good enough" is very different from "best.”

“Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.”

“Those who don't return become a part of the clouds, a part of the animals that hide in the ravines and of the water that comes from the earth. They become a part of everything... they become the Soul of the World.”

“Zahir na arapskom znači vidljiv, prisutan, onaj kojega je nemoguće ne primjetiti. Nešto ili netko tko nam, nakon što ga upoznamo, malo po malo zaokuplja misli sve dok se više ne možemo usredotočiti ni na što drugo. Možemo ga tumačiti kao svetinju ili kao ludost.”