Paulo Coelho

It takes a huge effort to free yourself from memory, but when you succeed, you start to realize that you're capable of far more than you imagined.

As so often in life, things are not always what it seems.

That's how love got lost ... when we started laying down rules for when love should or shouldn't appear.

If you want to see a rainbow you have to learn to see the rain.

One day you will wake up & there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now.

Time does not pass, it merely changes.

Travelling to past lives is like making a hole in the floor and letting the flames of the fire in the apartment below scorch and burn the present

I receive your love and I give you mine. Not the love of a man for a woman, not the love of a father for a child, not the love of God for his creatures, but a love with no name and no explanation, like a river that cannot explain why it follows a particular course, but simply flows onwards. A love that asks for nothing and gives nothing in return; it is simply there. I will never be yours and you will never be mine; nevertheless, I can honestly say: I love you

it is only courage on the path itself that makes the path appear

Give yourself freedom to try out new things Don't be so set in your ways that you can't grow.

The book is a film that takes place in the mind of the reader. That's why we go to movies and say, "Oh, the book is better."

We make a lot of detours, but we're always heading for the same destination

Don't think about what you've left behind... everything is written in the Soul of the World, and there it will stay forever.

If you never take a risk, you will never know what changes you need to make.

Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.

The trouble with words is that they give us the illusory sense that we are making ourselves understood as well as understanding what others are saying. However, when we turn around and come face-to-face with our destiny, we discover that words are not enough.

Once a problem is solved, its simplicity is amazing.

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.

To enjoy the rainbow, first enjoy the rain.

fanaticism is the only way to put an end to the doubts that constantly trouble the human soul.

Always remember the proverb: "This too shall pass." Your negative feelings won't last forever, there's a light at the end of every tunnel. It might not happen today or tomorrow, but you'll feel better eventually.