Paulo Coelho Quotes

One must make the most of opportunities, or they are lost forever.

حسبى اننى ربحت يوم سعادة فى حياتى ويوم سعادة فى هذا العالم بما هو عليه أشبه بمعحزه

When he looked into her dark eyes, and saw that her lips were poised between a laugh and silence, he learned the most important part of the language that all the world spoke -- the language that every...

I've realised that sometimes you get no second chance and that it's best to accept the gifts the world offers you. Of course it's risky, but is the risk any greater than the chance of the bus that too...

The most important experiences a man can have are those that take him to the very limit; that is the only way we learn, because it requires all our courage.

For example, two people might be cooking the same meal and using exactly the same ingredients, but one is pouring Love into what he does and the other is merely trying to fill his belly. The result wi...

Love can consign us to hell or to paradise, but it always takes us somewhere.

Nature is telling us: Change!

There is a name for that pebble: passion. It can be usedto describe the beauty of an earth-shaking meeting between two people, but it isn't just that.It's there in the excitement of the unexpected, in...

Never be ashamed,’ he said. ‘Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle.’‘How will I k...

Defeat is for the valiant. Only they will know the honor of losing and the joy of winning.

What's the world's greatest lie?... It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate.

Then, we warriors of light must be prepared to have patience in difficult times and to know that the Universe is conspiring in our favor even though we may not understand how.

Dreams are the language of God.

The world is divided into those who understand me and those who don’t. In the case of the latter, I simply leave them to torment themselves trying to gain my sympathy.

The world does not divide into enemies and friends, but into the weak and strong.

The wise are wise only because they love. And the foolish are foolish only because they think they can understand love.

Of course, and the reason is very simple: routines give them the false sensation of being safe. Thus, today will be exactly like yesterday, and tomorrow will bring no surprises. When night falls, part...

عندما نحب لا نحتاج إلى أن نفهم ما يحدث لأن كل شيء يحدث بداخلنا

I've crossed these sands many times, said one of the camel drivers one night. But the desert is so huge, and the horizons so distant, that they make a person feel small, and as if he should remain sil...