Quotes from Paulo Coelho

God is the same, even though He has a thousand names; it is up to us to select a name for Him.

LIVE. If you live, god will live with you. If you refuse to run his risks, he'll retreat to that distant heaven and be merely a subject for philosophical speculation.

God only rarely reveals the future. When he does so, it is for one reason: it's a future that was written so as to be altered.

First quality: you are capable of great things, but you must never forget that there is a hand guiding your steps. We call that hand God, and He always guides us according to His will.

Nothing in this world is useless in the eyes of God.

God's decisions are always mysterious, but they are always in our favour.

God exists wherever He is allowed to enter.

A bird in a cage is safe but God didn't create birds for that.

Beware of making a woman cry. God is counting her tears.

We can never found the soul, just as we can never wound God, but we become imprisoned by our memories, and that makes our lives wretched, even when we have everything we need in order to be happy.

You can just look at a mountain and get a connection with God, you don't have to understand the mountain to feel that.

I don't believe in God as you imagine Him to be, but I believe in many things that you could never even dream of.

It wasn't necessary to know your own demons in order to find God.

the grandeur of God reveals itself through simple things

If good things are coming, they will be a pleasant surprise," said the seer. "If bad things are, and you know in advance, you will suffer greatly before they even occur.

You can only know a good wine if you have first tasted a bad one.

Our true friends are those who are with us when the good things happen. They cheer us on and are pleased by our triumphs.

It is much more intelligent, more practical, to be good rather than evil.

The good old days, when each idea had an owner, are gone forever.

What counts in a good story is the person inside. Keep it simple.

Perseverance brings good luck.

In the United States, I am a great success, but I am not a celebrity.

Happiness is something that multiplies when it is divided.

When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.