Quotes from Paulo Coelho

it's best to accept life as it really is and not as I imagined it to be

No one ever loses anyone. We are all one soul that needs to continue growing and developing in order for the world to carry on and for us all to meet once again.

The busiest people I have known in my life always have time enough to do everything. Those who do nothing are always tired and pay no attention to the little amount of work they are required to do. They complain constantly that the day is too short. The truth is, they are afraid to fight the good fight.

In a forest of a hundred thousand trees, no two leaves are alike. And no two journeys along the same path are alike.

We are all a part of the divine spark. All have a purpose in creation and that purpose is called Love. That love, however, shouldn't be concentrated in just one person, it should be scattered throughout the world, waiting to be discovered. Wake up that love. What is gone cannot return. What is about to arrive needs to be recognized.

The energy of hatred won't get you anywhere; but the energy of forgiveness, which reveals itself through love, will transform your life in a positive way.

you only know yourself when you go beyond your limits

Sorrows do not last forever when we are journeying towards the thing we have always wanted.

It's what you do in the present that will redeem the past and thereby change the future.

Death is our constant companion, and it is death that gives each person's life its true meaning.

If you spend too much time trying to find out what is good or bad about someone else, you'll forget your own soul and end up exhausted and defeated by the energy you have wasted in judging others.

Fashion is merely a saying: I belong to your world. I'm wearing the same uniform as your army, so don't shoot.