Tag: Paulo Coelho

“The day will come when those knocking at the door will see it open; those who ask will receive; those who weep will be consoled.” – Paulo Coelho, The Valkyries

“It is even more difficult to define a path for yourself. The person who does not make a choice dies in the eyes of the Lord, even though he continues to breathe and to walk about the streets. For a man has to choose, therein lies his strength: in the power of his decisions.” – Paulo Coelho, The Fifth Mountain

“It hurt when I lost each of the various men I fell in love with. Now, though, I am convinced that no one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. This is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it.” – Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes

“If you go around promising what you do not yet have, you will lose the will to achieve it.” – Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“Remember: never behave arrogantly towards the humble and never behave humbly towards the arrogant.” – Chronicle – Stories About Arrogance

“In order to live fully, it is necessary to be in constant movement, only then can each day be different from the last.” – Paulo Coelho, The Zahir

“No one day is like another, each tomorrow has its special miracle, its magic moment in which old universes are destroyed and new stars created.” – Paulo Coelho, By The River Piedra, I Sat Down And Wept

“When we postpone the harvest, the fruit rots, but when we postpone our problems, they keep on growing.” – Paulo Coelho, The Fifth Mountain

“The only way to make the right decision is to find out which is the wrong decision, to examine that other path without fear, and only then decide.” – Paulo Coelho, The Pilgrimage

“The glory of the world is transitory, and we should not measure our lives by it, but by the choice we make to follow our Personal Legend, to believe in our utopias and to fight for our dreams. We are all protagonists of our own lives, and it is often the anonymous heroes who leave the deepest mark.” – Paulo Coelho, Acceptance Speech Delivered to the Brazilian Academy of Letters