3,188 Quotes by Paulo Coelho

...and that, in the end, the most interesting people always leave.

No one lights a lamp in order to hide it behind the door: the purpose of light is to create more light, to open people's eyes, to reveal the marvels around.

God only allows us to see such things when he wants something to change

Stop thinking all the time that you're in the way, that you're bothering the person next to you. If people don't like it, they can complain. And if they don't have the courage to complain, that's their problem.

Human beings can withstand a week without water, two weeks without food, many years of homelessness, but not loneliness. It is the worst of all tortures, the worst of all sufferings.

The boy and his heart had become friends, and neither was capable now of betraying the other.

The energy of hatred won't get you anywhere; but the energy of forgiveness, which reveals itself through love, will transform your life in a positive way.

الحياة لعبةعنيفة هاذية . الحياة هى أن ترمى بنفسك من مظلة وأن تجازف , ان تسقط وتنهض منكبوتك الحياة . الحياة هى هى أن تتسلق الجبال لتحاكى الرغبة فى تسلق قمة النفس , وانلم تتوصل الى ذلك , فعليك أن تعيش قانعا ذليلا.

If I had a choice, if I had understood earlier that the reason my days were all the same was because I wanted them like that, perhaps...