Quotes about life
life order want
Anything that makes us forget who we are and what we want; that way we can work in order to produce, reproduce, and earn money. Paulo Coelho
life believe answers
I believe everything is one thing only. That said, there are some questions in my life that I don't know.. I've stopped asking. At the very beginning of my life, I wanted to have answers for everything. And now I respect the fact that I can't have answers for everything. Paulo Coelho
life trying one-day
So for the question I go to the mystery of it and say I don't know. I only know that I am alive and there is something that manifests in my life, that it is God and one day I am going to understand my life, probably in the day that I die, or afterwards. But I try to find good questions and not good answers. Paulo Coelho
life spiritual healing
Every man has a feminine side, and every woman a masculine side. It is important to use discipline with intuition, and to use intuition with objectivity. Paulo Coelho
life taken years
I don't know what to do. I only know that it's taken me years to understand that life was pushing me in a direction I didn't want to go in. Paulo Coelho
life two acting
Each human being was given two possibilities: action and contemplation. Both lead to the same place. Paulo Coelho
life love-you happenings
When we love, it is not necessary to understand what is happening outside, because everything happens inside us instead. Paulo Coelho
life love-you rivers
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
life flower love-you
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
life writing skills
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
life morning pain
The light of love flows out of my soul, but it can go nowhere because it's blocked by pain. I could inhale and exhale every morning for the rest of my life, but that wouldn't solve anything. Paulo Coelho
life love-is definitions
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
life girlfriend heart
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 excited me. But love is a terrible thing: I've seen my girlfriends suffer and I don't want the same thing to happen to me. ... Although my aim is to understand love, and although I suffer to think of people to whom I gave my heart, I see that those who touched my heart failed to arouse my body, and that those who aroused my body failed to touch my heart. Paulo Coelho
life mistake independent
Love is the only thing that will save us, independent of any mistakes we may make. Love is always stronger. Paulo Coelho
life spiritual never-forget
We must never forget that spiritual experience is above all a practical experience of love. And with love, there are no rules. Paulo Coelho
life inspiration treasure
Only those who find life, find treasures. Paulo Coelho
life mom book
I think it is a problem of our society that we don't enjoy (ourselves.) We have these values, like, you have to be rich, you have to get a diploma, you have to work hard, otherwise you are useless, you are nothing but a pariah. And the book asks, 'Is it true? This is what my mom told me, but is it true? Paulo Coelho
life children father
I receive your love and I give you mine. Not the love of a man for a woman, not the love of a father for a child, not the love of God for his creatures. But a love with no name and no explanation like a river that cannot explain why it follows a particular course, but simply flows onwards. A love that asks for nothing and gives nothing in return; it is simply there. I will never be yours and you will never be mine; nevertheless, I can honestly say: I love you Paulo Coelho
life dream inspiration
The Good Fight is the one that we fight in the name of our dreams. Paulo Coelho
life men appreciate
Maybe God created the desert so that man could appreciate the date trees Paulo Coelho
life thinking alchemist
As he mused about these things, he realized that he had to choose between thinking of himself as the poor victim of a thief and as an adventurer in quest of his treasure. Paulo Coelho
life leaving solitude
Even if loving meant leaving, or solitude, or sorrow, love was worth every penny of its price. Paulo Coelho
life moving order
It is not necessary to move mountains in order to prove one's faith. Paulo Coelho
life steps way
Having the courage to take the steps we always wanted to take is the only way of showing that we trust in God. Paulo Coelho
life happiness how-you-feel
No matter how you feel today, get up, dress up & show up Paulo Coelho
life inspiration silence
Only cowards hide behind silence. Paulo Coelho
life dream warrior
Sometimes the warrior feels as if he were living two lives at once. 'There is a bridge that links what I do with what I would like to do,' he thinks. Slowly, his dreams take over his everyday life, and then he realises that he is ready for the thing he always wanted. Then all that is needed is a little daring, and his two lives become one. Paulo Coelho
life spring love-you
I love you like a river that understands that it must learn to flow differently over waterfalls and to rest in the shallows. I love you because we are all born in the same place, at the same source, which keeps us provided with a constant supply of water. And so, when we feel weak, all we have to do is wait a little. The spring returns, and the winter snows melt and fill us with new energy. Paulo Coelho
life heart warrior
For the Warrior of Light there is no such thing as an impossible love. He is not intimidated by silence, indifference or rejection. He knows that, behind the mask of ice that people wear, there beats a heart of fire. Without love, he is nothing. Paulo Coelho
life grieving sides
Love always triumphs over what we call death. That's why there's no need to grieve for our loved ones, because they continue to be loved and remain by our side. Paulo Coelho
life wise foolish-man
The wise are wise only because they love. Paulo Coelho
life love-life asks
Love simply is. ... Love and don't ask too many questions. Just love. Paulo Coelho
life moving-forward inspiration
It is always important to know when something has reached its end. Closing circles, shutting doors, finishing chapters, it doesn't matter what we call it; what matters is to leave in the past those moments in life that are over. Paulo Coelho