Quotes from Paulo Coelho

Who dares, win

Life doesn´t come with any guarantees. You have to risk it to get the biscuit. - The Alchemist, Paulo Cohelo -

now that she realized she had been waiting for him—she did not like that.

What good is money to you if you're going to die? It's not often that money can save someone's life.

Temptation said that we all dream of committing crimes, but that only the unbalanced make that macabre idea a reality.

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.

Déjà vu is more than just that fleeting moment of surprise, instantly forgotten because we never bother with things that make no sense. It show that time doesn't pass. It's a leap into something we have already experienced and that is being repeated.

Because i've suffered. Because many times in my life i have tried to love with all my heart, and my love has wound up being trampled or betrayed.

I must have no fear of failure. It was my fear of failure that first kept me from attempting the Master Work.

She Knows three things: (a) that men are less treacherous than women; (b) that they never notice what a woman is wearing because they're always mentally undressing her, (c) that as long as you've got breasts,thighs,buttocks and belly in good trim, you can conquer the world.

Don't think about what you'll tell people afterward. The time is here and now. Make the most of it.

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.

I'm not worried about tomorrow, because God is there already, waiting for me.

I was trying to come round to the idea that there might be an invisible reality capable of interfering in our lives, but the only reason I did so was because of a love I didn't want to believe I felt but which was continuing to grow in a subtle, devastating way. I was content in my universe and didn't want to change it at all, even though I was being propelled in that direction.

But other people also 'invite' us to behave like victims, when they complain about the unfairness of life, for example, and ask us to agree, to offer advice, to participate. Be careful. When you join in that game you always end up losing.

If you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better.

You have passed through the two hardest tests on the spiritual road: the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what you encounter.

It's true; life really is generous to those who pursue their destiny

You can't measure time the way you measure the distance between two points.

I don't want to change anything, because I don't know how to deal with change.

If there is suffering, then it's best to accept it, because it won't go away just because you pretend it's not there. If there is joy, then it's best to accept that too, even though you're afraid it might end one day.

Learning something means coming into contact with a world of which you know nothing. In order to learn, you must be humble.

Life is the train and not the station.

I learned long ago that in order to heal my wounds, I must have the courage to face up with them.