I think you can have 10,000 explanations for failure, but no good explanation for success. Paulo Coelho More Quotes by Paulo Coelho More Quotes From Paulo Coelho Face your path with courage, don't be scared of people's criticism. And, above all, don't let yourself get paralyzed by your own criticism. Paulo Coelho inspirationlifepeople There is only one sin - lack of love. Be brave, be capable of loving, even if love seems a terrible and treacherous thing. Find joy in love. Find joy in victory. Follow the dictates of your heart. Paulo Coelho heartjoylove-is Love is the force that transforms and improves the Soul of the World. Paulo Coelho love-ishappinesslife I believe in signs....what we need to learn is always there before us, we just have to look around us with respect & attention to discover where God is leading us and which step we should take. When we are on the right path, we follow the signs, and if we occasionally stumble, the Divine comes to our aid, preventing us from making mistakes. Paulo Coelho fatemistakebelieve I don't see any reason why I should look for someone who never took the trouble to love me. Paulo Coelho witchreason-whylooks Item one: the law of the will. We just talked about this: one should only do that which truly fills our hearts with enthusiasm. If we brush this aside, if we put off the moment to live that which we dream of, we lose the energy necessary for any important transformation in our lives. Someone once put this most succinctly: “I don’t know the secret of success - but the secret of failure is to always try to follow the will of others. Paulo Coelho lawdreamheart There are two kinds of world: the one we dream about and the real one. Paulo Coelho realdreamlife To love is to be in communion with the other and to discover in that other the spark of God. Paulo Coelho sparkscommunionlove-is So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you. Paulo Coelho valentines-dayloveromantic When desire is still in this pure state, the man and the woman fall in love with life, they live each moment reverently, consciously, always ready to celebrate the next blessing. When people feel like this, they are not in a hurry, they do not precipitate events with unthinking actions. They know that the inevitable will happen, that what is real always finds a way of revealing itself. When the moment comes, they do not hesitate, they do not miss an opportunity, they do not let slip a single magic moment, because they respect the importance of each second. Paulo Coelho love-lifefalling-in-lovereal A man has to choose. This is where lies his strength: in the power of his decisions. If you choose to follow the path of your dreams, commit yourself to it. Accept your path. Paulo Coelho dreamlifelying Faith is not Desire. Faith is Will. Desires are things that need to be satisfied, whereas Will is a force. Will changes the space around us. Paulo Coelho spacefaithdesire Everybody is a political person, whether you say something or you are silent. A political attitude is not whether you go to parliament; it's how you deal with your life, with your surroundings. Paulo Coelho silentpoliticalattitude The young all have the same dream: to save the world. Some quickly forget this dream, convinced that there are more important things to do, like having a family, earning money, traveling, and learning a foreign language. Others, though, decide that it really is possible to make a difference in society and to shape the world we will hand on to future generations. Paulo Coelho differencesdreamhands The present moment, though, is outside of time, it’s Eternity. In India they use the word “karma” for lack of any better term. But it’s a concept that’s rarely given a proper explanation. It isn’t what you did in the past that will affect the present. It’s what you do in the present that will redeem the past and thereby change the future. Paulo Coelho karmaindiapast What is a personal calling? It is God's blessing, it is the path that God chose for you here on Earth. Whenever we do something that fills us with enthusiasm, we are following our legend. However, we don't all have the courage to confront our own dream. Paulo Coelho callingblessingdream A Warrior knows that the ends do not justify the means. Because there are no ends, there are only means. Paulo Coelho warriorendsmean Our time on this earth is sacred, and we should celebrate every moment. Paulo Coelho celebrationsacredearth But he keeps his heart free of any feelings of hatred. Paulo Coelho inspirationheartlife Faith shows us that we are never alone. Transformation helps us to love the mystery. Paulo Coelho transformationmysteryhelping
