Paulo Coelho

Scars are medals branded on the flesh, and your enemies will be frightened by them because they are proof of your long experience of battle.

Nothing in this world is useless in the eyes of God.

solitude is not absence of love, but its complement

Only he who gives up is defeated. Everyone else is victorious.

In the cycle of nature there is no such thing as victory or defeat; there is only movement.

None of us can know what tomorrow will hold, because each day has its good and its bad moments.

Excessive caution destroys the soul and the heart, because living is an act of courage, and an act of courage is always an act of love.

Never miss an opportunity to show your love, especially to those close to you, because we are always at our most cautious with them for fear of being hurt.

When I took the pills, I wanted to kill someone I hated. I didn't know that other Veronikas existed inside me, Veronikas that I could love.

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.

Even If you're doing the same thing over & over, U need to discover something new, fantastic & unbelievable that went unnoticed the time before.

Only cowards hide behind silence.

I will be capable of loving, regardless of whether I am loved in return, Of giving, when I have nothing, Of working happily, even in the midst of difficulties, Of holding out my hand, even when utterly alone and abandoned, Of drying my tears, even while I weep, Of believing, even when no one believes in me.

The same goes for envy, anger and insults - said the master. - When they are not accepted, they continue to belong to the one who carried them.

A flower is not better when it blooms than when it is merely a bud; at each stage it is the same thing — a flower in the process of expressing its potential.

From the moment we are born, people tell us that the world is like this and like that, this way, that way. It is natural that - for a certain period of time - we end up believing what we are told. But we must soon push these ideas aside and discover our own way of living reality.

If someone is capable of loving his partner without restrictions, unconditionally, then he is manifesting the love of God. If the love of God becomes manifest, he will love his neighbor. If he loves his neighbor, he will love himself. If he loves himself, then everything returns to its proper place.

I needed to talk about my real personal history, in order to become free of it.

When we can do nothing else, we can still love, without expecting any reward or change or gratitude.

Learn to recognize omens, and follow them

When we venture in that unfamiliar sea, we trust blindly in those who guide us, believing that they know more than we do.