Quotes from Paulo Coelho

Everything is allowed, except interrupting a manifestation of love.

God is love, generosity and forgiveness; if we believe in this, we will never allow our weaknesses to paralyse us.

Anything a man does can bring him closer to the Supreme Wisdom, as long as he works with Love in his heart.

To love is to lose control.

The moment we begin to seek love, love begins to seek us. And to save us.

The language of enthusiasm, of things accomplished with love and purpose, and as part of a search for something believed in and desired.

The aim of every human being is to understand the meaning of total love.

The light of love drives away the darkness of guilt.

I am a Catholic, not so committed to the church, but to the idea of the Virgin, the female face of God.

I write from my soul. This is the reason that critics don't hurt me, because it is me. If it was not me, if I was pretending to be someone else, then this could unbalance my world, but I know who I am.

When you write an article about anything, trolls use the comments to attack. They feel frustrated - but haters are losers. It's not good to feed this aspect. It's more intelligent to be constructive.

I am not a self-help writer. I am a self-problem writer. When people read my books, I provoke some things. I cannot justify my work. I do my work; it is up to them to classify it, to judge.

I'm first and foremost a writer. I followed my personal legend, my childhood dream of becoming a writer, but I can't say why I'm one.

It took me 40 years to write my first book. When I was a child, I was encouraged to go to school. I was not encouraged to follow the career of a writer because my parents thought that I was going to starve to death.

Writers are lampposts and critics are dogs. Ask lampposts what they think about dogs. Does the dog hurt the lamppost?

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

If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine; it is lethal.

Life is a journey. How we travel is really up to us. We can just flow with the tide or follow our own dreams.

Sometimes you have to travel a long way to find what is near

The world lies in the hands of those that have the courage to dream and who take the risk of living out their dreams - each according to his or her own talent.

To travel is the experience of ceasing to be the person you are trying to be, and becoming the person you really are.

When you # travel , you experience, in a very practical way, the act of # rebirth .

God judges a tree by its fruits and not by its roots.

In the southern hemisphere, covering the Christmas tree with fake snow even though winter has nothing to do with the birth of Christ.