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Paulo Coelho Quotes - Page 67

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Most of my young years were spent under the boots of the military.

Most of my young years were spent under the boots of the military.

Military, Years, Boots

"Paulo Coelho: 'Today we are proud of being Brazilians'". CNN Interview, www.cnn.com. August 31, 2010.

There is an afterlife. I am convinced of this.

Afterlife, Convinced

I don't go to parties in general.

Party

"RPT-Just A Minute With: Paulo Coelho on digital media". Interview with Matt Cowan, www.reuters.com. October 14, 2008.

I had this dream to become a writer since I was a teenager.

Dream, Teenager

Everything for me is sacred, beginning with earth, but also going to things made by man.

Men, Earth, Sacred

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

United States, Great Success, States

Publishing is in a kind of Jurassic age.

Birthday, Age, Kind

I was not encouraged to follow the career of a writer because my parents thought that I was going to starve to death. They thought nobody can make a living from being a writer in Brazil. They were not wrong.

Careers, Parent, Brazil

Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.

Life, Happiness, Inspiring

FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Mar 07, 2014

If there hadn't been a sixth day, man would not exist; copper would always be copper; and lead just lead. It's true that everything has its Personal Legend, but one day that Personal Legend will be realized. So each thing has to transform itself into something better, and to acquire a new Personal Legend, until, someday, the Soul of the World becomes one thing only.

Men, Soul, One Day

If you're a nobody, if your work has no impact, then it deserves to be praised. If, however, you climb out of that state of mediocrity and are a success, then your defying 'the law' and deserve to be punished.

Life, Impact, Law

Whenever he saw the sea, or a fire, he fell silent, impressed by their elemental force.

Fire, Sea, Saws

Paulo Coelho (1998). “The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition”, HarperSanFrancisco

You say they create their own reality," said Veronika, "but what is reality?

Reality, Said

If one day I could get out of here, I would allow myself to be crazy. Everyone is indeed crazy, but the craziest are the ones who don't know they're crazy; they just keep repeating what others tell them to.

Crazy, One Day, Craziest

FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Sep 04, 2016

Don't think about what you've left behind. If what one finds is made of pure matter, it will never spoil. And one can always come back. If what you had found was only a moment of light, like the explosion of a star, you would find nothing on your return.

Stars, Boys, Thinking

"The Alchemist". Book by Paulo Coelho, 1988.

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

Way, Embrace, Adolescence

Paulo Coelho (1992). “The diary of a magus”, Harpercollins

when fate is very generous with us, there is always a well into which all our dreams can tumble.

Dream, Fate, Wells

I learned that the search for God is a Dark Night, that Faith is a Dark Night. And that’s hardly a surprise really, because for us each day is a dark night. None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, and yet still we go forward. Because we trust. Because we have Faith.

Dark, Night, Each Day

Paulo Coelho (2009). “Brida: A Novel”, p.17, Harper Collins

I think that, with age, people come to realize that death is inevitable. And we need to learn to face it with serenity, wisdom and resignation. Death often frees us from a lot of senseless sufferings.

Thinking, People, Serenity

I've crossed these sands many times," said one of the camel drivers one night. "But the desert is so huge, and the horizons so distant, that they make a person feel small, and as if he should remain silent." The boy understood intuitively what he meant, even without ever having set foot in the desert before. Whenever he saw the sea, or a fire, he fell silent, impressed by their elemental force.

Boys, Night, Fire

Paulo Coelho (1998). “The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition”, HarperSanFrancisco

Because you believed I was capable of behaving decently, I did.

Faith, Capable

Paulo Coelho (2009). “The Devil and Miss Prym: A Novel of Temptation”, p.25, Harper Collins

I needed to choose between the one thing that really filled m thoughts-my love for that woman-and losing my freedom and all the choices that the future promised me. To be honest, the decision was easy. -Lukas Jessen-Petersen

Choices, Decision, Losing

She [the Virgin Mary] was normal. She had already had other children. The Bible tells us that Jesus had two brothers. Virginity, as it relates to Jesus, is based on a different thing: Mary initiated a new generation of grace. A new era began. She is the cosmic bride, Earth, which opens to the heavens and allows itself to be fertilized.

Jesus, Brother, Children

Death frees from the fear of dying

Dying, Fear Of Dying

It isn't the desire to abide by the law that makes everyone behave as society requires, but the fear of punishment. Each one of us carries a gallows inside us.

Law, Punishment, Desire

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