I'm not doing anything, and yet I'm also doing the most important thing a man can do: I'm listening to what I needed to hear from myself.
Paulo CoelhoRead
I am a Catholic, not so committed to the church, but to the idea of the Virgin, the female face of God.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote reflects a personal interpretation of faith, emphasizing the significance of the feminine aspect of divinity over institutional religion.
In this quote, Paulo Coelho expresses his identification as a Catholic, but clarifies that his commitment lies more with the concept of the Virgin Mary as a representation of the divine feminine rather than the church itself. This perspective showcases a belief in the importance of feminine qualities in spirituality, suggesting that personal faith can diverge from traditional practices and institutions.
Themes
FaithFeminineDivinitySpiritualityBelief
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be shared during a discussion on the role of women in religion.
More from Paulo Coelho
All quotes βEach stone, each bend cries welcome to him. He identifies with the mountains and the streams, he sees something of his own soul in the plants and the animals and the birds of the field.
Paulo CoelhoRead
We need to clear our minds of bad thoughts.
Paulo CoelhoRead
Having the courage to take the steps we always wanted to take is the only way of showing that we trust in God.
Paulo CoelhoRead
The fool who loves giving advice on our garden never tends his own plants
Paulo CoelhoRead
Sometimes the Warrior feels as if he were living two lives at once.
Paulo CoelhoRead
Similar quotes
There's hostility to lying, and there should be.
Bob WoodwardRead
I was amazed as people must be who are seized and kidnapped, and who realize that in the strange world of their captors they have a value absolutely unconnected with anything they know about themselves.
Alice MunroRead
True, I talk of dreams, Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy.
William ShakespeareRead
Grief and disappointment are like hate: they make men ugly with self-pity and bitterness. And how selfish they make us too.
Graham GreeneRead
Spiritual people don't float around all day on clouds of glory; they live in the real world and deal with real issues in real ways.
Joyce MeyerRead
The great lie is that it is civilization. It's not civilized. It has been literally the most blood thirsty brutalizing system ever imposed upon this planet. That is not civilization. That's the great lie, is that it represents civilization.
John TrudellRead