Tag: Paulo Coelho

“Love: people either feel it or they don’t. And there isn’t a force in the world that can make them feel it.” – Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello

The warrior smiles because nothing frightens him and nothing holds him. With the confidence of one who knows what he wants, he opens the door.” – Paulo Coelho, Warrior Of The Light: A Manual

“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

“I understand why I had challenges to face: in order to be reminded that every day I need to rebuild myself.” – Paulo Coelho, The Zahir

“Love is the only thing that activates our intelligence and our creativity, that purifies and liberates us.” – Paulo Coelho, The Zahir

“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

“Anyone who loves in the expectation of receiving some kind of reward is wasting his or her time.” – Paulo Coelho, The Devil And Miss Prym

“At the same time, my heart was telling me that I was being rewarded because I hadn’t given up and had fought to the end.” – Paulo Coelho, The Winner Stands Alone

“Warriors prefer the taste of battle and the thrill of the unknown.” – Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist