Paulo Coelho Quotes

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Paulo Coelho

Profession : Novelist

Birth : August 24, 1947

Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act.

Paulo Coelho

Culture makes people understand each other better. And if they understand each other better in their soul, it is easier to overcome the economic and political barriers. But first they have to understand that their neighbour is, in the end, just like them, with the same problems, the same questions.

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Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worse kind of suffering.

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The more violent the storm, the quicker it passes.

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No, I never saw an angel, but it is irrelevant whether I saw one or not. I feel their presence around me.

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Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible: the fear of failure.

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Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.

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You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It's just a matter of paying attention to this miracle.

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Elegance is achieved when all that is superfluous has been discarded and the human being discovers simplicity and concentration: the simpler and more sober the posture, the more beautiful it will be.

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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.

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Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.

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When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream.

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Beauty is the greatest seducer of man.

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Writing means sharing. It's part of the human condition to want to share things - thoughts, ideas, opinions.

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Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.

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The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip; to avoid this, the warrior treats each situation as if it were unique and never resorts to formulae, recipes or other people's opinions.

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Love can consign us to hell or to paradise, but it always takes us somewhere.

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We have to stop and be humble enough to understand that there is something called mystery.

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Let us be absolutely clear about one thing: we must not confuse humility with false modesty or servility.

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You're always learning. The problem is, sometimes you stop and think you understand the world. This is not correct. The world is always moving. You never reach the point you can stop making an effort.

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