Paulo Coelho
"The book is a film that takes place in the mind of the reader. That's why we go to movies and say, "Oh, the book is better."
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"The book is a film that takes place in the mind of the reader. That's why we go to movies and say, "Oh, the book is better."
Paulo Coelho
"Don't you think you're quite young''I'm twenty-one,' said Brida. 'If I wanted to start learning ballet, I'd be conseidered too old."
Paulo Coelho
"And what went wrong when other alchemists tried to make gold and were unable to do so"They were looking only for gold his companion answered. They were seeking the treasure of their personal legend, without wanting actually to live out the personal legend."
Paulo Coelho
"An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture"
Paulo Coelho
"Try to be "good", you'll be judged. Try to be yourself, you'll be criticized. Therefore, choose the second option. Evil uses the "nice good people" as puppets. It appears dressed as a poor guy, telling them that he needs help... When these people realize they have been used, it is already too late."
Paulo Coelho
"Forgive but do not forget, or you will be hurt again. Forgiving changes the perspectives. Forgetting loses the lesson."
Paulo Coelho
"I ask myself: Are Defeats necessary ?Well,necessary or not, they happen. When we first begin fighting for our dream, we've no experience and make many mistakes. The Secret of life, though,is to fall seven times and to get up eight times !"
Paulo Coelho
"Close cycles. Not because of pride or arrogance, but because that no longer fits your life"
Paulo Coelho
"What is success? It is being able to go to bed each night with your soul at peace"
Paulo Coelho
"There was a time when people accepted magical experiences as natural. There were no priests then, and no one went chasing after the secrets of the occult."
Paulo Coelho
"People need not fear the unknown if they have a capable of achieving what they need and what"
Paulo Coelho
"Writing is easy: just stare at the screen of your computer until a tear drops on your keyboard."
Paulo Coelho
"Borges said there are only four stories to tell: a love story between two people, a love story between three people, the struggle for power and the voyage. All of us writers rewrite these same stories ad infinitum."
Paulo Coelho
"It is a shame that what happens today already happened yesterday, and will happen again tomorrow; it will continue to happen until the end of time, or until man finds out he is not only what he thinks, but mostly what he feels. The body tires easily, but the spirit is always free and will help us get out, one day, from this infernal cycle of repeating the same mistakes every generation. Although thoughts always remain the same, there is something stronger, and this is called Love."
Paulo Coelho
"But we must never forget that spiritual experience is above all a practical experience of love. And with love, there is no rules. (….) The heart decides, and what it decides is all that really matters."
Paulo Coelho
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