Paulo Coelho Quotes
"It is not time that changes man nor knowledge; the only thing that can change someone's mind is love.""The mirror reflects perfectly; it makes no mistakes because it doesn’t think. To think is to make mistakes.""When we love, we always strive to become better than we are.""Dreams are not negotiable.""If you want to see a rainbow you have to learn to see the rain.""The more in harmony you are with the flow of your own existence, the more magical life becomes.""I’ve learned that waiting is the most difficult bit, and I want to get used to the feeling, knowing that you’re with me, even when you’re not by my side.""Anyone who loves in the expectation of being loved in return is wasting their time.""After all, what is happiness? Love, they tell me. But love doesn’t bring and never has brought happiness. On the contrary, it’s a constant state of anxiety, a battlefield; it’s sleepless nights, asking ourselves all the time if we’re doing the right thing.""What is a teacher? I’ll tell you: it isn’t someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to give of her best in order to discover what she already knows.""The strongest love is the love that can demonstrate its fragility.""No one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it.""The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip; to avoid this, the warrior treats each situation as if it were unique and never resorts to formulae, recipes or other people’s opinions.""You’re always learning. The problem is, sometimes you stop and think you understand the world. This is not correct. The world is always moving. You never reach the point where you can stop making an effort.""People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.""Why is patience so important? Because it makes us pay attention to.""The two hardest tests on the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what we encounter.""We can never judge the lives of others because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It’s one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it’s another to think that yours is the only path.""You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it.""People are capable at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of."
