Paulo Coelho
"She didn't struggle and so she didn't grow"
224 Quotes
"She didn't struggle and so she didn't grow"
Paulo Coelho
"Spy Though at the moment I am a prisoner, my spirit remains free. While everyone is fighting a never-ending battle to see who will survive amid so much bloodshed, I don't need to fight anymore, only wait for people I've never met to decide who I am."
Paulo Coelho
"After weeks on the road, listening to a language you don’t understand, using a currency whose value you don’t comprehend, walking down streets you’ve never walked down before, you discover that your old “I,” along with everything you ever learned, is absolutely no use at all in the face of those new challenges, and you begin to realize that buried deep in your unconscious mind there is someone much more interesting and adventurous and more open to the world and to new experiences."
Paulo Coelho
"Magical places are always beautiful and deserve to be contemplated ... Always stay on the bridge between the invisible and the visible."
Paulo Coelho
"We make a lot of detours, but we're always heading for the same destination"
Paulo Coelho
"...you are different from me, because you want to realize your dreams, I just want to dream... I'm afraid it will all be a disappointment, so I prefer just to dream..."
Paulo Coelho
"Life becomes interesting for the possibility to fulfill a dream."
Paulo Coelho
"Waiting Hurts. Forgetting Hurts. But not knowing which decision to take is the worst of suffering."
Paulo Coelho
"They spent days, nights, weeks and months talking, never accepting the fact that, good or bad, an idea only exists when someone tries to put it into practice"
Paulo Coelho
"Don’t try to be useful. Try to be yourself: that is enough, and that makes all the difference"
Paulo Coelho
"“Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.”"
Paulo Coelho
"“Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.”"
Paulo Coelho
Brida
"Anyone who has lost something they thought was theirs forever finally comes to realise that nothing really belongs to them."
Paulo Coelho
"Simply having the courage to say senseless things made me euphoric. I was free, with no need to seek or to give explanations for what I was doing. This freedom lifted me to the heavens - where greater love, one that forgives everything and never allows you to feel abandoned, once again enveloped me."
Paulo Coelho
"“None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, yet still we go forward. Because we trust. Because we have faith.”"
Paulo Coelho
"“If pain must come, may it come quickly. Because I have a life to live, and I need to live it in the best way possible. If he has to make a choice, may he make it now. Then I will either wait for him or forget him.”"
Paulo Coelho
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
"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."
Paulo Coelho
"“The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”"
Paulo Coelho
The Alchemist
"“The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.”"
Paulo Coelho
The Alchemist
"Stay close 2 those who r by ur side in happy times, because they do not harbor jealousy or envy in their hearts, only joy 2 c u happy..."
Paulo Coelho
✉️
Get more quotes like Paulo Coelho's — every morning.
Join thousands of wisdom seekers getting daily quotes from 300,000+ curated sources.
Free forever. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
🎉 Check your inbox to confirm your subscription!