Paulo Coelho Quotes

Free again, but it's just a feeling; freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit yourself to what is best for you.

Freedom has a high price, as high as that of slavery; the only difference is that you pay with pleasure and a smile, even when that smile is dimmed with tears.

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

Go in search of your Gift. The process of finding ourselves is called Love. The more you understand yourself, the more you will understand the world.

Going after a dream has a price. It may mean abandoning our habits, it may make us go through hardships, or it may lead us to disappointment, et cetera. But however costly it may be, it is never as hi...

He might dance down the street on his way to work, gaze into the eyes of a complete stranger and speak of love at first sight, or defend an apparently absurd idea. Warriors of light allow themselves d...

He never realized that people are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dreamed of.

He told himself that he would have to start reading thicker books: they lasted longer, and made more comfortable pillows.

He understood that, contrary to what most people think, total power means total slavery.

He's been sent by the devil to destabilize something that was already fragile. How could I fall in love so quickly with someone I don't even know?

He's seeing my soul, my fears, my fragility, my inability to deal with a world which i pretend to master, but about which I know nothing

How's the water? asked her father.It's lovely, she replided.Right, from now on, whenever you want to find out about something, plunge straight in.

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 difficult the objective, there is always a way of overcoming obstacles. He seeks out alternative paths, he sharpens his sword, he tries to fill his heart with the necessary determination to fa...

I already know. And it has nothing to do with what you can see happening in my body; it’s what’s happening in my soul.

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...

I am my own best friend and my own worst enemy. Before coming here, I was thinking I don't deserve it, that i wouldn't be able to meet your expectations, and that you had probably chosen the wrong can...

I can't be in love with a man who lives in another world.

I closed my eyes and let the music flow through me, cleansing my soul of all fear and sin and reminding me that I am always better than I think and stronger than I believe.

I don't want to change anything, because I don't know how to deal with change.