Quotes by "Paulo Coelho"

Love, too, was just a question of time

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.

All religions lead to the same God, and all deserve the same respect. Anyone who chooses a religion is also choosing a collective way for worshipping and sharing the mysteries. Nevertheless, that person is the only one responsible for his or her actions along the way and has no right to shift responsibility for any personal decisions on to that religion.

People no longer try to decipher the mystery of life but choose instead to be a part of it.

There was a time when people accepted magical experiences as natural. There were no priests then, and no one went chasing after the secrets of the occult.

We are not worshipping anyone or anything, we are simply communing with creation.

He has done things that caused me to doubt His wisdom, but never His existence.

Certain things in life simply have to be experienced -and never explained. Love is such a thing.

Forgive but do not forget, or you will be hurt again. Forgiving changes the perspectives. Forgetting loses the lesson.

Don’t be intimidated by other people’s opinions. Only mediocrity is sure of itself, so take risks and do what you really want to do.

I'm not a body with a soul, I'm a soul that has a visible part called the body.

Nothing in this world happens by chance.

Once a problem is solved, its simplicity is amazing.

Avoid those who seek friends in order to maintain a certain social status or to open doors they would not otherwise be able to approach.

Maybe God created the desert so that man could appreciate the date trees

الأحلام الميتة تواصل تعفّنها فينا ، وإفساد جونا كله

إذا لم أشعر بحياة تنمو داخلي ، فلن أتمكنّ من تقبّل الحياة خارجي

I am going to sit here in the river. If you go home to sleep, I will sleep in front of your house. And if you go away, I will follow you--until you tell me to go away. Then I'll leave. But I have to love you for the rest of my life..

An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture