Paulo Coelho

Once someone asked me, "What do you want to be your epitaph?" So I said, "Paulo Coelho died when he was alive.

Look around. And don't get close to people who make you suffer.

This is the present moment. Learn how to gobble it up without fear or guilt.

Things do not always happen the way I would have wanted, and it's best that I get used to that.

There is no tragedy, only the unavoidable. Everything has its reason for being: you only need to distinguish what is temporary from what is lasting.

People never leave, we are always here in our past and future lives.

The day is made up of 24 hours and an infinite number of moments. We need to be aware of those moments and make the most of them regardless of whether we're busy doing something or contemplating life.

Why don't people's hearts tell them to continue to follow their dreams? [...] Because that's what makes a heart suffer most, and hearts don't like to suffer.

Usually the threat of death makes people a lot more aware of their lives.

Break a pact. Accept forgiveness. Make a bet.

True wisdom consists in respecting the simple things we do

When we're focused on what we want, things begin to slot perfectly into place.

Each time we embrace someone warmly, we gain an extra day of life.

Only children believe they're capable of everything.

To injure your opponent is to injure yourself.

No one ever loses anyone. We are all one soul that needs to continue growing and developing in order for the world to carry on and for us all to meet once again.

God only allows us to see such things when he wants something to change

If I believe I will win, then victory will believe in me.

A Warrior knows that the ends do not justify the means. Because there are no ends, there are only means.

With love, there are no rules. The heart decides and what it decides is all that really matters.

Because when everyone dreams, but only a few realize their dreams, that makes cowards of us all.