3,188 Quotes by Paulo Coelho

because it seemed too simple to accept that life was an act of faith.

Fortunate are those who take the first steps.

People had been trying to understand the universe through love ever since the beginning of time.

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.

The people through which the Tradition of the Sun spoke were people just like anyone else, and who, one morning or one evening, looked at the world and felt the presence of something greater. They had unwittingly plunged into an unknown sea, and, for the most part, they did not do so again. Everyone, at least once in each incarnation, possessed the secret of the Universe.

Después de algún tiempo, al amargado no le queda deseo alguno. No tiene voluntad ni de vivir, ni de morir. Éste es el problema.

Avoid those who seek friends in order to maintain a certain social status or to open doors they would not otherwise be able to approach.

God, I am trying to recover my faith. Please don't abandon me in the middle ofthis adventure, I prayed, pushing my fears aside.

Everything depends on One Word : "Maktub" !