Month: May 2024

“On the way, I meet strong currents, winds and storms, but I keep rowing, exhausted, knowing that I have drifted away from my chosen course. I can’t turn back, though; I have to continue somehow or else I’ll be lost in the middle of the ocean.” – Paulo Coelho, The Zahir

“Intuition is the sudden immersion of the soul into the Universal flow of life, where the histories of all men are linked and where we can know everything, because everything is written.” – Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“When faced by any loss, there’s no point in trying to recover what has been; it’s best to take advantage of the large space that opens up before us and fill it with something new.” – Paulo Coelho, Aleph

“The important things always stay; what we lose are the things we thought were important, but which are, in fact, useless, like the false power we use to control the energy of love.” – Paulo Coelho, The Zahir

“The little experience of life I’ve had has taught me that no one owns anything, that everything is an illusion – and that applies to material as well as spiritual things.” – Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes

“All wisdom is completely obscured by the dazzle of vanity.” – Paulo Coelho, The Fifth Mountain

“My heart will be filled with everything I have experienced, but for that to happen, I need time. And I have no intention of trying to speed up the process.” – Paulo Coelho, Chronicle: The Arrival

“Going back into the past and reopening old wounds is neither easy nor particularly important. The only justification is that the knowledge acquired might help me to a better understanding of the present.” – Paulo Coelho, Aleph

“It was my fear of failure that had prevented me, thus far, from attempting the Master Work.” – Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“The Force for Good is always diffused, like light. When you give off positive vibrations, you benefit all humankind.” – Paulo Coelho, Brida