Quotes from Paulo Coelho

All religions lead to the same God, and all deserve the same respect. Anyone who chooses a religion is also choosing a collective way for worshipping and sharing the mysteries. Nevertheless, that person is the only one responsible for his or her actions along the way and has no right to shift responsibility for any personal decisions on to that religion.

If it's still in your mind, it is still in your heart.

To become really good at anything,you have to practice and repeat, practice and repeat, until the technique becomes intuitive

If I believe I will win, then victory will believe in me.

Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.

I wanted to...feel hatred and love, despair and tedium-- all those simple, yet foolish things that make up everyday life but that give pleasure to your existence. 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 are crazy; they just keep repeating what others tell them to.

I don't regret my painful times, i bare my scars as if they were medals. I know that freedom has a high price, as high as that of slavery; the only difference is that you pay with pleasure and a smile, even when that that smile dimmed by tears

Everyday God gives us a moment in which it is possible to change everything that makes us unhappy.

The night is just a part of the day

It's a good idea always to do something relaxing prior to making an important decision in your life.

Dreams are the language of God.

I understand once again that the greatness of God always reveals itself in the simple things.