3,188 Quotes by Paulo Coelho

Everything on earth is being continuously transformed, because the earth is alive.... and it has a soul. We are part of that soul, so we rarely recognize that it is working for us

Well, then, why should I listen to my heart?""Because you will never again be able to keep it quiet.

that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That's the world's greatest lie.

Those who don't understand their personal legends will fail to comprehend its teachings.

Although the boy had developed a superstition that each time he opened the book he would learn something important, he decided it was an unnecessary burden.

The unavoidable has touched the life of every human being on the face of the earth. Some have rebounded, others have given up--but all of us have felt the wings of tragedy brushing against us.

We are human beings, Lord, and we do not know our own greatness. Lord, give us the humility to ask for what we need, because no desire is vain and no request is futile. Each of us knows how to best feed our own soul; give us the courage to see our desires as coming from the fount of Your eternal Wisdom. Only by accepting our desires can we begin to understand who we are. Amen.

once a problem is solved , its simplicity is amazing .

Blessed be that which gives your children wings and roots’ says an Arabic proverb. He needed his roots. There is a place in the world where we are born, where we learn our mother tongue and discover how our ancestors overcame the problems they had to face. He needed wings too. They reveal to us the endless horizons of the imagination, they carry us to our dreams and to distant places. It is our wings that allow us to know the roots of our fellow men and learn from them.