Source: The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition
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Famous Paulo Coelho Quotes
Source: The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition
“When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.”
“At every moment of our lives, we all have one foot in a fairy tale and the other in the abyss.”
Source: Eleven Minutes: A Novel
“The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”
“The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.”
“People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.”
Source: The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition
“People need not fear the unknown if they are capable of achieving what they need and want.”
Source: The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition
“Be like the fountain that overflows, not like the cistern that merely contains.”
“When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.”
“Anyone who loves in the expectation of being loved in return is wasting their time.”
“Ever since time began, people have recognized their true Love by the light in their eyes.”
Source: Brida: A Novel
“How much I missed, simply because I was afraid of missing it.”
“The strongest love is the love that can demonstrate its fragility.”
“People want to change everything and, at the same time, want it all to remain the same.”
“Sorrows do not last forever when we are journeying towards the thing we have always wanted.”
Source: The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition
Source: Warrior of the Light -
“Dreaming is very pleasant as long as you are not forced to put your dreams into practice.”
Source: Eleven Minutes: A Novel
“Dreams are the language of God.”
Source: The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition