3,188 Quotes by Paulo Coelho

Teaching is only demonstrating that it is possible. Learning is making it possible for yourself.

We know what we want to do, but are afraid of hurting those around us by abandoning everything in order to pursue our dream

As he was about to climb yet another dune, his heart whispered, "Be aware of the place where you are brought to tears. That's where I am, and thats where your treasure is.

It's the oasis," said the camel driver."Well, why don't we go there right now?" the boy asked."Because we have to sleep.

Love never comes just a little bit at a time, I thought, as I watched him, absorbed in contemplation of the Virgin. The previous day, the world made sense, even without love's presence. But now we needed each other in order to see the true brilliance of things.

Sadness does not last forever when we walk in the direction of that which we always desired.

The heat lasted until nightfall, and all that time he had to carry his jacket. But when he thought to complain about the burden of its weight, he remembered that, because he had the jacket, he had withstood the cold of the dawn.

Knowledge is an illusion. Ecstasy is the true reality. Knowledge fills us with guilt. Ecstasy allows us to be one with he who is the Universe, before it existed, and after it has been destroyed.

God has prepared a path for everyone to follow.