Explore Quotes by Paulo Coelho

The gods throw the dice and they don't ask whether we want to be in the game or not.

You can't avoid pain, but you can choose to overcome it.

No one lights a lamp in order to hide it behind the door: the purpose of light is to create more light, to open people's eyes, to reveal the marvels around.

There is only one difference between teacher and disciple: the former is slightly less afraid than the latter.” ~Deidre O’Neill, known as Edde (p. 213)

Don't fear the light within. May it ignite the Sacred Flame in your soul.

She would consider each day a miracle - which indeed it is, when you consider the number of unexpected things that could happen in each second of our fragile existences.

There is no time to leave important words unsaid.

All religions lead to the same God, and all deserve the same respect. Anyone who chooses a religion is also choosing a collective way for worshipping and sharing the mysteries. Nevertheless, that person is the only one responsible for his or her actions along the way and has no right to shift responsibility for any personal decisions on to that religion.

And they will return one day knowing the miracle of the heavens and of all the world. God knew what he was doing when he drew their attention to the tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. If he hadn’t wanted them to eat it, he would never have mentioned it.

Intelligent people discuss ideas. Fools discuss how people should behave.

Seek to live,remembrance is for the old.

Traditional religions practices are important.They allow us to share with others the communal experience of adoration and prayer,but we must never forget spiritual experience is above all a practical experience of love,and with love,there are no rules some may try to control their emotions and develop strategies for their behavior,others may turn to reading books of advice from "experts" on relationships but this is all folly.The heart decides and what it decides is all that really matters.

simple things are the most valuable and only wise people appreciate them".

Considering the way the world is, one happy day is almost a miracle.

Nothing in this world happens by chance

Stop thinking about life and choose to live it

Don't allow your mind to tell your heart what to do. The mind gives up easily

Although I have the colors, only the Lord can mix them with such harmony.

On your journey to your dream, be ready to face oasis and deserts. In both cases, don't stop

The latin word responsibility reveals its true meaning: the capacity to respond, to act. - Over-anxiety ultimately banishes every trace of joy from life.

Where are they written?" "In the world around us. Merely be attentive to what happens in your life, and you will discover where, every moment of the day, He hides His words and His will. Seek to do as He asks: this alone is the reason you are in the world." "If I discover it, I'll write it on clay tablets." "Do so. But write them, above all, in your heart; there they can neither burned nor destroyed, and you will take them wherever you go.