Explore Quotes by Paulo Coelho

So we contemplate each other, and we want each other, and I give it life and warmth, and it gives me my reason for living.

If you accept such love with purity and humility, you will understand that Love is neither giving nor receiving -it is participating.

Certain things in life simply have to be experienced -and never explained. Love is such a thing.

Negative desires can cause no evil if you do not allow yourself to be seduced by them.

We have been moving along at such a fast pace that we no longer know what we are doing. Now we have to wait until our soul catches up with us.

So long as you do no harm to another, change your opinion once in a while. Contradict yourself without being embarrassed. This is your right. It doesn't matter what others think -because that's what they will think, in any case.

This was the kiss I had waited for so long - a kiss born by the river of our childhood, when we didn't yet know what love meant. A kiss that had been suspended in the air as we grew, that had traveled in the world in the sovenier of a medal, and that had remained hidden behind piles of books. A kiss that had been lost and now was found. In the moment of that kiss were years of searching, disillusionment and impossible dreams.

God has a prepared path for us to follow. We just have to read the omens he has left for us.

If you love someone, you must be prepared to set them free.

Writing is one of the most solitary activities in the world.

It's the oasis," said the camel driver. "Well, why don't we go there right now?" the boy asked. "Because we have to sleep.

Even if you slept with every man on Earth, my love will still survive.

Often in the search for your destiny you will find yourself obliged to change direction

The danger of an adventure is worth a thousand days of ease and comfort

Veronika had noticed that a lot of people she knew would talk about the horros in other people's lives as if they were genuinely concerned to help them, but the truth was that they took pleasure in the suffering of others, because that made them believe they were happy and that life had been generous with them

Whenever a new situation presented itself, you had to remain cool and distant

I am surprised how difficult for people is to say "I love you". They only say the three magic words when they are sure they will hear "I love you too" back. C'mon! Spread the energy of love without expecting anything! Cowards are incapable of expressing love; it is the prerogative of the brave

JOY goes against the foundations of mathematics: it multiplies when we divide.

the power of beauty:what must the world be like for ugly women?

It has been said that there is no such thing as coincidence in this world.

You came so that you could learn about your dreams," said the old woman. "And dreams are the language of God. When he speaks in our language, I can interpret what he has said. But if he speaks in the language of the soul, it is only you who can understand.