Paulo Coelho Quotes
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A disciple asked Hejasi:
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Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worse kind of suffering.
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Only mediocrity is sure of itself, so take risks, and do what you really want to do.
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I'd have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money.
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At a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That's the world's greatest lie.
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We must never forget that spiritual experience is above all a practical experience of love. And with love, there are no rules.
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Don't think about what you've left behind, the alchemist said to the boy as they began to ride across the sands of the desert. 'Everything is written in the Soul of the World, and there it will stay forever.'
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First develop a strategy that utilizes everything around you. The best way to prepare for a challenge is to cultivate the ability to call on an infinite variety of responses.
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Of giving, even when I have nothing,
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If I am really a part of your dream, you'll come back one day.
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All my life I've learned to suffer in silence.
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I'll tell everyone that the children are my reason for living, when in reality my life is their reason for living.
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Here I am, trying to persuade myself that I always give the best of myself, and nature is telling me exactly the opposite: anyone truly committed to life never stops walking.
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I talk to my readers on social networking sites, but I never tell them what the book is about. Writing is lonely, so from time to time I talk to them on the Internet. It's like chatting at a bar without leaving your office. I talk with them about a lot of things other than my books.
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I was arrested three times and tortured once.
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I don't try to control my days.
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I wanted to write when I was young, but people said it was impossible. Then my parents locked me in a mental institution - they said I was crazy and would never make a living from writing.
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Stop being who you were and become who you are.
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I ask myself: are defeats necessary? Well, necessary or not, they happen. When we first begin fighting for a dream, we have no experience and make mistakes. The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.
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A warrior of the light never confuses tension with anxiety.
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In my world, everything is possible and everything is relative.
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When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.
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So, in my relationships with men, I’ve always sought suffering, conflict, and despair.
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If you come here, you will find a hidden treasure.