Quotes from Paulo Coelho

Never give up. When your heart becomes tired, just walk with your legs - but move on.

Go and get your things,' he said. 'Dreams mean work.

It is not time that changes man nor knowledge the only thing that can change someone's mind is love.

People learn twenty-five percent from their teacher, twenty-five percent from listening to themselves, twenty-five percent from their friends, and twenty-five percent from time.

Sadness does not last forever when we walk in the direction of that which we always desired.

And if I'm alone in bed, I will go to the window, look up at the sky, and feel certain that loneliness is a lie, because the Universe is there to keep me company.

If only everyone could know and live with their inner craziness. Would the world be a worse place for it? No, people would be fairer and happier.

If you believe in victory, then victory will believe in you.

No one owns anything. Anyone who has lost something they thought was theirs forever finally comes to realize that nothing really belongs to them. And if nothing belongs to me, then there's no point wasting my time looking after things that aren't mine.

There was a language in the world that everyone understood, a language the boy had used throughout the time that he was trying to improve things at the shop. It was the language of enthusiasm, of things accomplished with love and purpose, and as part of a search for something believed in and desired.

They say that extroverts are unhappier than introverts and have to compensate for this by constantly proving to themselves how happy and contented and at ease with life they are.

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

It is possible to avoid pain? Yes, but you'll never learn anything. Is it possible to know something without ever having experiencing it? Yes, but it will never truly be part of you.

In the beginning there was only a small amount of injustice abroad in the world, but everyone who came afterwards added their portion, always thinking it was very small and unimportant, and look where we have ended up today.

Love is not to be found in someone else but in ourselves; we simply awaken it. But in order to do that, we need the other person.

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.

The past and the future become unimportant. There is only that moment, and the incredible certainty that everything under the sun has been written by one hand only. It is the hand that evokes love, and creates a twin soul for every person in the world. Without such love, one's dreams would have no meaning.

If you're brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.

No, I'm not mistaken. I know you don't love me. But I'm going to fight for your love. There are some things in life that are worth fighting for to the end. You are worth it.

she wanted to dance with someone who would embrace her in the way she dreamed of since adolescence.

Don't try to be useful. Try to be yourself: that is enough & that makes all the difference.

God only allows us to see such things when he wants something to change

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

I'm going away, he said. And I want you to know that I'm coming back. I love you because.... Don't say anything, Fatima interrupted. One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.