Writing is one of the most solitary activities in the world. Paulo Coelho More Quotes by Paulo Coelho More Quotes From Paulo Coelho Life is like cooking: before choosing what you love, try everything... ♥ Paulo Coelho life-is-likecookingtrying The important thing is to keep the fire in your heart and be strong to overcome hard moments. Paulo Coelho strongfireheart If you don't care about what people think, you already passed the first step of success. Paulo Coelho caringsuccessthinking The world we live in will be either better or worse depending on whether we become better or worse. Paulo Coelho alchemist-lovealchemistworld My heart might be bruised, but it will recover and become capable of seeing beauty of life once more. It's happened before, it will happen again, I'm sure. When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive--I'll find love again. Paulo Coelho finding-loveheartmight If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine; it is lethal. Paulo Coelho happinesslifetravel Haters are confused admirers who can’t understand why everybody else likes you Paulo Coelho inspiringhappinesslife Each human being is unique, each with their own qualities, instincts, forms of pleasure, and desire for adventure. However, society always imposes on us a collective ways of behaving, and people never stop to wonder why they should behave like that. They just accept it, the way typists accepted the fact that the QWERTY keyboard was the best possible one. Have you ever met anyone is your entire life who asked why the hands of a clock should go in one particular direction and not the other? Paulo Coelho uniqueadventurehands It's not my story anymore: whenever I speak about the past now, I feel as if I were talking about something that has nothing to do with me. All that remains in the present are the voice, the presence, and the importance of fulfilling my mission. I don't regret difficulties I experienced; I think they helped me to become the person I am today, I feel the way a warrior must feel after years of training; he doesn't remember the details of everything he learned, but he knows how to strike when the time is right. Paulo Coelho warriorregretthinking No one can posses an afternoon of rain beating against the window, or the serenity of a sleeping child, or the magical moment when the waves break on the rocks. No one can posses the beautiful things of this Earth, but we can know them and love them. It is through such moments that God reveals himself to mankind. Paulo Coelho rainbeautifulchildren Be proud of your scars. They remind you that you have the will to live. Paulo Coelho deep-thoughtnovelistslife Tears are words that need to be written. Paulo Coelho sadinspirationallife It takes a huge effort to free yourself from memory, but when you succeed, you start to realize that you're capable of far more than you imagined. Paulo Coelho succeedeffortmemories Anyone who loves in the expectation of being loved in return is wasting their time. Paulo Coelho inspirationlovelife All my life, I thought of love as some kind of voluntary enslavement. Well, that's a lie: freedom only exists when love is present. The person who gives him or herself wholly, the person who feels freest, is the person who loves most wholeheartedly. Paulo Coelho freedomlovelying Love is not to be found in someone else, but in ourselves; we simply awaken it. But in order to do that, we need the other person. The universe only makes sense when we have someone to share our feelings with. Paulo Coelho feelingsloveorder Sometimes I need to be a stranger to myself. Only then my soul can show me not what I want, but what I need to see. Paulo Coelho soulwantneeds Everything tells me that I am about to make a wrong decision, but making mistakes is just part of life. What does the world want of me? Does it want me to take no risks, to go back to where I came from because I didn't have the courage to say "yes" to life? Paulo Coelho mistakehappinesslife No, I'm not mistaken. I know you don't love me. But I'm going to fight for your love. There are some things in life that are worth fighting for to the end. You are worth it. Paulo Coelho you-dont-love-methings-in-lifefighting And, when you can't go back, you have to worry only about the best way of moving forward. Paulo Coelho powerfulworrymoving
