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Quote by Paulo Coelho

“A brush with death always helps us to live our lives better.”

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Paulo Coelho, born on August 24, 1947, is a renowned Brazilian author and lyricist. His works are characterized by profound philosophical thoughts and rich imagination, with his most famous novel being 'The Alchemist'. more

“It takes a huge effort to free yourself from memory, but when you succeed, you start to realize that you’re capable of far more than you imagined. You live in this vast body called the Universe, which contains all the solutions and all the problems. Visit your soul; don’t visit your past. The Universe goes through many mutations and carries the past with it. We call each of those mutations a ‘life,’ but just as the cells in your body change and yet you remain the same, so time does not pass, it merely changes.”

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Author:Paulo Coelho

“Whenever I refused to follow my fate, something very hard to bear would happen in my life.”

Hard Happens Fate Bears

Book:Aleph

Source: Aleph

“Hell is when we look back during that fraction of a second and know that we wasted an opportunity to dignify the miracle of life. Paradise is being able to say at that moment: “I made some mistakes, but I wasn’t a coward. I lived my life and did what I had to do.”

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Book:Aleph

Source: Aleph

“I don’t believe in God as you imagine Him to be, but I believe in many things that you could never even dream of.”

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“Life moves very fast. It rushes us from heaven to hell in a matter of seconds.”

Matter Moving Heaven Hell Minutes Seconds Eleven Eleven Minutes

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“One never knows what life may have in store for us, and it's always good to know where the emergency exit is.”

Knows May Stores Emergencies Exit

Author:Paulo Coelho

“Love was undoubtedly one of the things capable of changing a person's whole life from one moment to the next. But there's the other side of the coin, the second thing that could make a human being take a totally different course from one he or she had planned; and that was called despair. Yes, perhaps love really could transform someone, but despair did the job more quickly.”

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Author:Paulo Coelho

“If we are desperate, though , if we have nothing to lose, or if we are full of enthusiasm for life, then the unknown reveals itself, and our universe changes direction.”

Ifs Universe Loses Enthusiasm Desperate Nothing To Lose Eleven Minutes Enthusiasm For Life

Author:Paulo Coelho

“I write poetry because I can’t disobey the impulse; it would be like blocking a spring that surges up in my throat. For a long time I’ve been the servant of the song that comes, that appears and can’t be buried away. How to seal myself up now?…It no longer matters to me who receives what I submit. What I carry out is, in that respect, greater and deeper than I, I am merely the channel.”

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Book:Madwomen: The

Source: Madwomen: The

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