Category: Life Quotes

Sometimes you have to travel a long way in order to find what is near.” – Paulo Coelho, Aleph

“Warriors of light make mistakes. Because they ask themselves questions. Because they are looking for a reason – and are sure to find it.” – Paulo Coelho, Warrior Of The Light: A Manual

“The path of wisdom means not being afraid to make mistakes.” – Paulo Coelho, Brida

“Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose – and commit myself to – what is best for me.” – Paulo Coelho, The Zahir

“I am not a foreigner because I haven’t been praying to return safely home; I haven’t wasted my time imagining my house, my desk, my side of the bed. I am not a foreigner because we are all travelling, we are all full of the same questions, the same tiredness, the same fears, the same selfishness and the same generosity. I am not a foreigner because, when I asked, I received. When I knocked, the door opened. When I looked, I found.” – Paulo Coelho, Aleph

“Our true friends are those who are with us when good things happen. They cheer us on and are pleased by our triumphs.” – Paulo Coelho, The Zahir

“The person doing the begging does so because he’s needy, but the person doing the giving also does so out of need.” – 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