Quotes from Paulo Coelho

Love creates bridges where it would seem they were impossible.

The moment we set off in search of love, it sets off in search of us. And saves us.

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.

Only three things can change our lives dreams, suffering and love

Even if it is only for a matter of moments, because those moments bring with them a Love so intense that it justifies the rest of our days.

You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one.

Love is a complicated path, and that path can lead us up to heaven or hurl us down into hell.

I'm afraid of love, because it involves things that are beyond our understanding; it sheds such a brilliant light, but the shadow it casts frightens me.

Feelings should always be allowed to be free. You should not judge a future love by past suffering.

It takes a huge effort to free yourself from memory.

True love, is the love that seduces and will never allow itself to be seduced.

There is only one sin - lack of love. Be brave, be capable of loving, even if love seems a terrible and treacherous thing. Find joy in love. Find joy in victory. Follow the dictates of your heart.

I don't see any reason why I should look for someone who never took the trouble to love me.

everyone knows how to love because we are all born with that gift.

Love cannot exist in peace, it will always come accompanied by agonies, ecstasies, intense joys and profound sadnesses.

Love cannot be held prisoner because it is a river and will overflow its banks.

Love is a disease no one wants to get rid of. Those who catch it never try to get better, and those who suffer do not wish to be cured.

I will never be yours, and you will never be mine; nevertheless, I can honestly say: I love you, I love you, I love you.

When we meet someone and fall in love, we have a sense that the whole universe is on our side. And yet if something goes wrong, there is nothing left!

Love transforms, Love heals. But sometimes it lays deadly traps and ends up destroying the person who decided to surrender himself completely.

Love was the key to understanding all of the mysteries.

May love fill your heart, compassion guide your mind, faith rule your soul.

If we accept all that is wrong about us - and despite it, believe that we are deserving of a happy life - then we will have thrown open an immense window that will allow love to enter.

Faith shows us that we are never alone. Transformation helps us to love the mystery.