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 More Quotes by Paulo Coelho More Quotes From Paulo Coelho We have to take advantage when luck is on our side, and do as much to help it as it's doing to help us. Paulo Coelho alchemist luck sides People are afraid to pursue their most important dreams, because they feel that they don’t deserve them, or that they’ll be unable to achieve them. We, their hearts, become fearful just thinking of loved ones who go away forever, or of moments that could have been good but weren’t, or of treasures that might have been found but were forever hidden in the sands. Because, when these things happen, we suffer terribly. Paulo Coelho dream heart thinking This is the first teaching of the Knights: You will erase everything you had written in the book of your life up until now: restlessness, uncertainty, lies. And in the place of all this you will write the word courage. Paulo Coelho teaching book lying she, with her affection and her gaiety, had been largely responsible for him having rediscovered the meaning of life, her love had driven him to the far corners of the Earth, because he needed to be rich enough to buy some land and live in peace with her for the rest of their days. It was his utter confidence in this fragile creature, that had made him fight with honor, because he knew that after a battle he could forget all the horrors of war in her arms, and that, despite all the women he had known, only there in her arms could he close his eyes and sleep like a child. Paulo Coelho sleep war children We are responsible for everything that happens in this world. We are warriors of light, and with the strength of our love and of our will we can change our destiny and that of many other people. Paulo Coelho warrior destiny life Reason lost the battle, and all I could do was surrender and accept I was in love. Paulo Coelho surrender battle acceptance The only power you have on this planet is the power of your decisions. Paulo Coelho learning power inspirational The roller-coaster is my life; life is a fast, dizzying game; life is a parachute jump; it’s taking chances, falling over and getting up again; it’s mountaineering; it’s wanting to get to the very top of yourself and feeling angry and dissatisfied when you don’t manage it Paulo Coelho games feelings fall Life does not play with marked cards.Winning or losing is part of it. Paulo Coelho winning inspirational life Every human being should keep alive within them the sacred flame of madness, but should behave as a normal person. Paulo Coelho flames inspiration life Collective madness is called sanity. Paulo Coelho collectives sanity madness Sometimes life is very mean: a person can spend days, weeks, months and years without feeling new. Then, when a door opens - a positive avalanche pours in. One moment, you have nothing, the next, you have more than you can cope with. Paulo Coelho doors mean years If only everyone could know and live with their inner craziness. Would the world be a worse place for it? No, people would be fairer and happier. Paulo Coelho would-be people world All life battles teach us something, even those we lose Paulo Coelho fifth teach battle I think that perhaps we always fall in love the very first instant we see the man of our dreams, even though, at the time, reason may be telling us otherwise, and we may fight against that instinct, hoping against hope that we won't win, until there comes a point when we allow ourselves to be vanquished by our feelings. Paulo Coelho falling-in-love fighting dream Most people see the world as a threatening place, and, because they do, the world turns out, indeed, to be a threatening place. Paulo Coelho alchemist motivational people It is not time that changes man nor knowledge the only thing that can change someone's mind is love. Paulo Coelho eleven mind men you only know yourself when you go beyond your limits Paulo Coelho know-yourself limits knows Loneliness, when accepted, becomes a gift that will lead us to find a purpose in life. Paulo Coelho spiritual inspirational life The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better." -- The Alchemist Paulo Coelho alchemist happiness life
