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“Elegance is usually confused with superficiality, fashion, lack of depth. This is a serious mistake: human beings need to have elegance in their actions and in their posture because this word is synonymous with good taste, amiability, equilibrium and harmony.”

Quote by Paulo Coelho

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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

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“The alchemists spent years in their laboratories, observing the fire that purified the metals. They spent so much time close to the fire that gradually they gave up the vanities of the world. They discovered that the purification of the metals had led to a purification of themselves.”

World Years Fire Vanity Metals Observing Laboratory Gave Up Alchemist Purification

Book:The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition

Source: The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition

“Today I am a woman torn between the terror that everything might change and the equal terror that everything might carry on exactly the same for the rest of my days.”

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Author:Paulo Coelho

“The great problem with poisoning by Bitterness was that the passions - hatred, love, despair, enthusiasm, curiosity - also ceased to manifest themselves. After a while, the embittered person felt no desire at all. They lacked the will either to live or to die, that was the problem.”

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Author:Paulo Coelho

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

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Author:Paulo Coelho

“Laugh at your worries and insecurities. View your anxieties with humor. It will be difficult at first, but you'll gradually get used to it.”

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Author:Paulo Coelho

“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.”

Doe Soul Problem Body Past Universe Realizing Memories Effort Huge Succeed Capable Solutions Your Body Cells Your Soul Carrie Our Past Your Past Mutation Free Yourself Body Change

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.”

Knows Looks Made Moments Able Opportunity Mistake Hell Miracle Paradise That Moment Coward Fractions Miracle Of Life

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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Author:Paulo Coelho

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

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Author:Paulo Coelho