Quotes from Paulo Coelho

A writer once said that it is not time that changes man, nor knowledge; the only thing that can change someone's mind is love.

When you forgive, the person who insulted you feels humbled in his error and becomes loyal.

Fear exists before and after, but not while the shots are being fired, because, at that moment, you see men at their very limit, capable of the most heroic of actions and the most inhumane.

Only when l know, the truth will set me free!

In order to find the treasure, you will have to follow the omens. God has prepared a path for everyone to follow. You just have to read the omens that he left for you.

To accumulate love means luck, to accumulate hatred means a calamity. Whoever does not recognize the door to problems will one day leave it open, letting tragedy in.

The boy told himself that, on the way toward realizing his own destiny, he had learned all he needed to know, and had experienced everything he might have dreamed of.

If even God has a hell, which is his love for mankind, then any man has his hell within easy reach, and that's his love for his family.

We must struggle for our dreams, but when certain paths prove impossible, it would be best to save our energies in order to travel other roads.

You don't have to climb a mountain to find out whether or not it's high.

Like the children we will never ever cease to be.

The mere possibility of getting what we want fills the soul of the ordinary person with guilt. We look around at all those who have failed to get what they want and feel that we do not deserve to get what we want either. We forget about all the obstacles we overcame, all the suffering we endured, all the things we had to give up in order to get this far...