Paulo Coelho

How people treat other people is a direct reflection of how they feel about themselves.

May we understand that fear of failure is worse than failure itself

Straight roads do not make skillful drivers.

We must get rid of the idea of fulfilling what people expect us to do, and start to do what we expect from our lives.

Perfect people don't drink, don't fight, don't lie, don't make mistakes and...don't exist

There is no better time than the autumn to begin forgetting the things that trouble us, allowing them to fall away like dried leaves. There is no better time to dance again, to make the most of every crumb of sunlight and warm body and soul with its rays before it falls asleep and becomes only a dim light bulb in the skies.

I carry with me many scars, but I also carry with me moments that would not have happened if I had not dared to go beyond my limits

We can't choose our lives, but we can DECIDE what to do with the joys or griefs we're given.

Too often, we decide to follow a path that is not really our own, one that others have set for us. We forget that...in both cases we will pass through both difficult and happy moments. But when we are living our dream, the difficulties we encounter make sense.

Sometimes I need to be a stranger to myself. Only then my soul can show me not what I want, but what I need to see.

God created the visible world so that, through its visible objects, men could understand his spiritual teachings and the marvels of his wisdom

The extraordinary lies in the path of ordinary people.

Instead of noting down things I’m unlikely to forget, I will write a poem. Even if I have never written one before and even if I never do so again, I will at least know that I once had the courage to put my feelings into words.

They make a secret pact with themelves never to think about the future.

Any resistance is not only normal but necessary-it is part of the creative process.

He who does not take insults seriously, is on the path to wisdom.

Never hate jealous people. They are jealous because they think you are better than them.

Don't let anyone make you feel that you don't deserve the good things that happen in your life

I understand that suffering, when it cannot be avoided, is here to help me on my way to my dreams

We often don’t realize that the extraordinary is to be found in the lives of ordinary people.

Courage in the path is what makes the path manifest itself.