Quotes from Paulo Coelho

Every moment of searching is a moment of encounter.

You told me that all life's battles teach us something, even those we lose.

Love your enemy. But don't forget he is not your friend.

fanaticism is the only way to put an end to the doubts that constantly trouble the human soul.

Fortunate are those who take the first step. Someday people will realize that men and women are capable of speaking the language of the angels - that all of us are possessed of the gifts of the Holy Spirit and that we can perform miracles, cure, prophesy, and understand.

They were so ignorant, so naive, so resigned to their lot. They refused to believe anything that didn't fit in with what they were used to believing.

Our soul is governed by four invisible forces: love, death, power and time.

Rarely do we realize that we are in the midst of the extraordinary. Miracles occur all around us, signs from God show us the way, angels plead to be heard, but we pay little attention to them because we have been taught that we must follow certain formulas and rules if we want to find God. We do not realize that God is wherever we allow Him/Her to enter.

Even stopped clocks are right twice a day.

When something undesirable grows in my soul, I ask Gd to give me th courage to mercilessly pluck it out.

life can seem either very long or very short, according to how you live it.

That is the Mongolian creation myth: out of two different natures love is born. In contradiction, love grows in strength. In confrontation and transformation, love is preserved.