Quotes by "Paulo Coelho"

What you still need to know is this: before a dream is realized, the Soul of the World tests everything that was learned along the way. It does not because it is evil, but so that we can, in addition to realizing our dreams, master the lessons we've learned as we've moved toward that dream. That's the point at which most people give up. It's the point at which, as we say in the language of the desert, one dies of thirst just when the palm trees have appeared on the horizon.

Treason is a blow that comes unexpectedly. If you know your heart well, it will never be able to do that to you. Because you'll know its dreams and wishes, and will know how to deal with them. You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it's better to listen to what it has to say. That way, you'll never have to fear an unanticipated blow.

What is success? It is being able to go to bed each night with your soul at peace

Fortunate are those who take the first steps.

Close cycles. Not because of pride or arrogance, but because that no longer fits your life

Because of that she had never had enough energy to be herself, a person who, like everyone else in the world, needed other people in order to be happy. But other people were so difficult. They reacted in unpredictable ways, they surrounded themselves with defensive walls, they behaved just as she did, pretending they didn't care about anything. When someone more open to life appeared, they either rejected them outright or made them suffer, consigning them to being inferior, ingenuous.

I ask myself: Are Defeats necessary ? Well,necessary or not, they happen. When we first begin fighting for our dream, we've no experience and make many mistakes. The Secret of life, though,is to fall seven times and to get up eight times !

Give time time.

إن وقتنا على هذه الأرض مقدس ، وعلينا الاحتفاء بكل لحظة

A warrior of the Light is never in a hurry. Time works in his favor; he learns to master his impatience and avoids acting without thinking.

I am talking to you, but the moment I am talking to you, the universe is being created and destroyed.

The soil needs the seed and the seed needs the soil. The one only has meaning with the other. It is the same thing with human beings. When male knowledge joins with female transformation, then the great magical union is created, and its name is wisdom. Wisdom means both to know and to transform.

نثق ثقة عمياء بمن يرشدنا ، معتقدين أن مدى معرفتهم يفوق معرفتنا

Because, wherever your heart is, that is where you´ll find your treasure

Cuando amamos, siempre nos esforzamos por ser mejores de lo que somos. Cuando nos esforzamos por ser mejor de lo que somos, todo a nuestro alrededor se vuelve mejor.

I understand once again that the greatness of God always reveals itself in the simple things.

The spiritual path can only be traveled through the daily experience of love.

He felt the urge to go into the desert, to see if it’s silence held the answers to his questions.

Get bust living or get busy dying.

It's true; life really is generous to those who pursue their Personal Legend.