3,188 Quotes by Paulo Coelho

It's not enough to know what you want to do. You have to do it to be what you want to be.

This is for you,' he (the Alchemist) said, holding one of the parts (of gold) out to the monk. 'It's for your generosity to the pilgrims.''But this payment goes well beyond my generosity,' the monk responded. 'Don't say that again. Life might be listening, and give you less the next time.

Confieso que el Elixir de la Larga Vida me seducía más: antes de entender y sentir la presencia de Dios, el pensamiento de que todo se acabaría un día me desesperaba.

The Warrior of the Light knows that it is impossible to live in a state of complete relaxation.He has learned from the archer that, in order to shoot his arrow any distance, he must hold the bow taut. He has learned from the stars that only an inner explosion allows them to shine. The Warrior notices that when a horse is about to jump over a fence, it tenses all its muscles.But he never confuses tension with anxiety.

A Warrior of the Light makes decisions. His soul is as free as the clouds in the sky, but he is committed to his dream. On his freely chosen path, he often has to get up earlier than he would like, speak to people from whom he learns nothing, make certain sacrifices. His friends say: “You’re not free.”The Warrior is free. But he knows that an open oven bakes no bread.

Dreamers can't be tamed.

M-am lasat vrajita de frumusetea trandafirilor si nu am dat atentie spinilor.

There are kinds of world: the one we dream about and the real one.

Cada uma daquelas pessoas tinha uma teoria especial sobre tudo e acreditava que sua verdade era a única que importava; passavam dias, noites, semanas, anos conversando, sem jamais aceitarem a única realidade que há por trás de uma ideia: boa ou má, ela só existe quando alguém tenta colocá-la em prática.