It's very difficult to read a book on your computer. Paulo Coelho More Quotes by Paulo Coelho More Quotes From Paulo Coelho Because you believed I was capable of behaving decently, I did. Paulo Coelho capable faith It is always far easier to have faith in your own goodness than to confront others ad fight for your rights. Paulo Coelho fighting have-faith rights I needed to choose between the one thing that really filled m thoughts-my love for that woman-and losing my freedom and all the choices that the future promised me. To be honest, the decision was easy. -Lukas Jessen-Petersen Paulo Coelho choices decision losing She [the Virgin Mary] was normal. She had already had other children. The Bible tells us that Jesus had two brothers. Virginity, as it relates to Jesus, is based on a different thing: Mary initiated a new generation of grace. A new era began. She is the cosmic bride, Earth, which opens to the heavens and allows itself to be fertilized. Paulo Coelho brother children jesus Death frees from the fear of dying Paulo Coelho fear-of-dying dying Remember, the first road to God is prayer, the second is joy. Paulo Coelho prayer joy firsts It isn't the desire to abide by the law that makes everyone behave as society requires, but the fear of punishment. Each one of us carries a gallows inside us. Paulo Coelho punishment law desire What they forget is that, from Ancient Greece on, the people who returned from battle were either dead on their shields or stronger, despite and because of their scars. Paulo Coelho stronger battle people We are not worshipping anyone or anything, we are simply communing with creation. Paulo Coelho creation People no longer try to decipher the mystery of life but choose instead to be a part of it. Paulo Coelho mystery trying people The soil needs the seed and the seed needs the soil. The one only has meaning with the other. It is the same thing with human beings. When male knowledge joins with female transformation, then the great magical union is created, and its name is wisdom. Wisdom means both to know and to transform. Paulo Coelho males names mean How many of us will be saved the pain of seeing the most important things in our lives disappearing from one moment to the next? I don't just mean people, but our ideas and dreams too: we might survive a day, a week, a few years, but we're all condemned to lose. Our body remains alive, yet sooner or later our soul will receive the mortal blow. The perfect crime - for we don't know who murdered our joy, what their motives were, or where the guilty parties are to be found...they too are the victims of the reality they created. Paulo Coelho pain party dream I wept because I was re-experiencing the enthusiasm of my childhood; I was once again a child, and nothing in the world could cause me harm. Paulo Coelho childhood enthusiasm children What people regard as vanity—leaving great works, having children, acting in such a way as to prevent one's name from being forgotten—I regard as the highest expression of human dignity. Paulo Coelho vanity expression children Every moment of searching is a moment of encounter. Paulo Coelho encounters moments But time, as well as healing all wounds, taught me something strange too: that it's possible to love more than one person in a lifetime. I remarried. I'm very happy with my new wife, and I can't imagine living without her. This, however, doesn't mean that I have to renounce all my past experiences, as long as I'm careful not to compare my two lives. You can't measure love the way you can the length of a road or the height of a building. Paulo Coelho healing mean past Everything, absolutely everything on this earth makes sense, and even the smallest things are worthy of our consideration. Paulo Coelho earth inspirational life They say that extroverts are unhappier than introverts and have to compensate for this by constantly proving to themselves how happy and contented and at ease with life they are. Paulo Coelho introvert extroverts ease And although she was sometimes dissatisfied with herself, she felt unable to go beyond her own limitations. Books were safer. Paulo Coelho felt sometimes book In order not to suffer, you had to renounce love. It was like putting out your own eyes in order not to see the bad things in life. Paulo Coelho things-in-life eye order