Quotes from Paulo Coelho

Anyone who knows God cannot describe Him. Anyone who can describe God does not know Him.

Over-anxiety ultimately banishes every trace of joy from life.

As so often in life, things are not always what it seems.

The book is a film that takes place in the mind of the reader.

It's always necessary to know when a stage of one's life has ended. If you stubbornly cling to it after the need has passed,you lose the joy and meaning of the rest. And you risk being shaken to your senses by God.

Take these, said the old man, holding out a white stone and a black stone that had been embedded at the center of the breastplate. They are called Urim and Thummim. The black signifies 'yes,' and the white 'no.' When you are unable to read the omens, they will help you to do so. Always ask an objective question.

I saw that she didn't want to answer that question and so I asked again: when mouths close it's because there's something important to be said.

if a lie is repeated often enough, it ends up convincing everyone

Signs are an extremely personal language that we develop throughout our lives, by trial and error, until we begin to understand that God is guiding us.

Man needs to choose, not just accept his destiny.

Nothing in this world is useless in the eyes of God.

We tend to seek captivity because we are used to seeing freedom as something that has neither frontiers nor responsibilities.