Like the fighter, the Warrior is aware of his own immense strength; he never fights with anyone who does not deserve the honor of combat. Paulo Coelho More Quotes by Paulo Coelho More Quotes From Paulo Coelho You were my hope during my days of loneliness, my anxiety during moments of doubt, my certainty during moments of faith. Paulo Coelho anxiety loneliness doubt Only those who find life, find treasures. Paulo Coelho treasure inspiration life No matter how you are feeling, get up every morning and prepare to let your light shine forth. Paulo Coelho shining light morning Thats because, like everyone else on the planet, you believed that time would teach you to grow closer to God. But time doesnt teach; it merely brings us a sense of weariness and of growing older. Paulo Coelho planets growing time Time neither moves nor is stationary. Time changes. Paulo Coelho stationary time moving My aim is to understand love. I know how alive I felt when I was in love, and I know that everything I have now, however interesting it might seem, doesn't really excite me. Paulo Coelho girlfriend heart life Love simply is. That is the testament of Athena or Sherine or Hagia Sofia - love is. No definitions. Love and don't ask too many questions. Just love. Paulo Coelho definitions love-is life No one can learn to love by following a manual, and no one can learn to write by following a course. I'm not telling you to seek out other writers but to find people with different skills from yourself, because writing is no different from any other activity done with joy and enthusiasm. Paulo Coelho skills writing life I love you like a river that creates the right conditions for trees and bushes and flowers to flourish along its banks. I love you like a river that gives water to the thirsty and takes people where they want to go. Paulo Coelho flower love-you life I love you like a river that begins as a solitary trickle in the mountains and gradually grows and joins other rivers until, after a certain point, it can flow around any obstacle in order to get where it wants. Paulo Coelho love-you life order Fear exists until the moment when the unavoidable happens, after that we must waste none of our energy on it. Paulo Coelho waste yoga energy The River adapts itself to whatever route prove possible, but the river never forgets its one objective: the sea. So fragile at its source, it gradually gathers the strength of the other rivers in encounters. And, after a certain point, its power is absolute. Paulo Coelho yoga sea rivers Never apologize for being yourself. Paulo Coelho apologizing being-yourself You cannot trust a person until you know where and how he lives Paulo Coelho persons clever knows To each of man's ages the Lord gives its own anxieties. Paulo Coelho journey men life Perhaps love makes us grow old before our time and makes us young again when youth has passed. Paulo Coelho perhaps-love inspiration life Each human being was given two possibilities: action and contemplation. Both lead to the same place. Paulo Coelho acting life two Each stone, each bend cries welcome to him. He identifies with the mountains and the streams, he sees something of his own soul in the plants and the animals and the birds of the field. Paulo Coelho light animal bird People who are on a spiritual quest don't think, they simply want results. Paulo Coelho spiritual people thinking On some nights, he has nowhere to sleep, on others he suffers from insomnia. "That's just how it is," thinks the warrior. "I was the one who chose to walk this path." Paulo Coelho warrior sleep night