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“Een man stelde mijn vriend Jaime Cohen de volgende vraag: "Wat vindt u het grappigste aan de mens?" Jaime antwoordde: "Onze manier van denken. We denken voortdurend verkeerd om: hoe eerder we volwassen kunnen zijn hoe beter en vervolgens klagen we over onze verloren jeugd. Onze gezondheid offeren we op om aan geld te komen en hebben we dat dan geven we alles weer uit om weer gezond te worden. We zijn zo op de toekomst gericht dat we het heden verwaarlozen en hebben daardoor in het heden geen leven, maar in de toekomst ook niet. We leven alsof we nooit dood zullen gaan en sterven alsof we nooit hebben geleefd.”

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Book:Like the Flowing River
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“Nukuu ya mwandishi wa vitabu wa Brazili, Paulo Coelho, "Tunapopenda tunajitahidi siku zote kuwa wazuri zaidi kuliko jinsi sisi wenyewe tulivyo. Tunapojitahidi kuwa wazuri zaidi kuliko jinsi sisi wenyewe tulivyo, kila kitu katika maisha yetu kinakuwa kizuri hali kadhalika.", inadhihirisha kikamilifu tabia ambayo bibi yangu (Martha Maregesi) alijitahidi kuwa nayo katika kipindi cha maisha yake yote. Alikuwa mtu mwenye furaha sana. Alikuwa na tabasamu lenye kuambukiza ambalo marafiki na familia yake hawakuweza kujizuia kutabasamu pia alipofurahi nao. Pamoja na kwamba alikumbana na matatizo mengi na bahati mbaya nyingi katika maisha yake, alijulikana kama mtu mwenye upendo na uvumilivu mkubwa.”

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Author:Enock Maregesi
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“I ran across an excerpt today (in English translation) of some dialogue/narration from the modern popular writer, Paulo Coelho in his book: Aleph.(Note: bracketed text is mine.)... 'I spoke to three scholars,' [the character says 'at last.'] ...two of them said that, after death, the [sic (misprint, fault of the publisher)] just go to Paradise. The third one, though, told me to consult some verses from the Koran. [end quote]' ...I can see that he's excited. [narrator]' ...Now I have many positive things to say about Coelho: He is respectable, inspiring as a man, a truth-seeker, and an appealing writer; but one should hesitate to call him a 'literary' writer based on this quote. A 'literary' author knows that a character's excitement should be 'shown' in his or her dialogue and not in the narrator's commentary on it. Advice for Coelho: Remove the 'I can see that he's excited' sentence and show his excitement in the phrasing of his quote.(Now, in defense of Coelho, I am firmly of the opinion, having myself written plenty of prose that is flawed, that a novelist should be forgiven for slipping here and there.)Lastly, it appears that a belief in reincarnation is of great interest to Mr. Coelho ... Just think! He is a man who has achieved, (as Leonard Cohen would call it), 'a remote human possibility.' He has won lots of fame and tons of money. And yet, how his preoccupation with reincarnation—none other than an interest in being born again as somebody else—suggests that he is not happy!”

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Author:Roman Payne
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“What you still need to know is this: before a dream is realized, the Soul of the World tests everything that was learned along the way. It does not because it is evil, but so that we can, in addition to realizing our dreams, master the lessons we've learned as we've moved toward that dream. That's the point at which most people give up. It's the point at which, as we say in the language of the desert, one dies of thirst just when the palm trees have appeared on the horizon.”

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Book:The Alchemist
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“Treason is a blow that comes unexpectedly. If you know your heart well, it will never be able to do that to you. Because you'll know its dreams and wishes, and will know how to deal with them. You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it's better to listen to what it has to say. That way, you'll never have to fear an unanticipated blow.”

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Book:The Alchemist
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“It's risky, falling in love." "I know that," I answered. "I've been in love before. It's like a narcotic. At first it brings the euphoria of complete surrender. The next day, you want more. You're not addicted yet, but you like the sensation, and you think you can still control things. You think about the person you love for two minutes, and forget them for three hours. "But then you get used to that person, and you begin to be completely dependent on them. Now you think about him for three hours and forget him for two minutes. If he's not there, you feel like an addict who can't get a fix. And just as addicts steal and humiliate themselves to get what they need, you're willing to do anything for love." "What a horrible way to put it," he said.”

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Book:By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
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“The acomodador or giving-up point: there is always an event in our lives that is responsible for us failing to progress: a trauma, a particularly bitter defeat, a disappointment in love, even a victory that we did not quite understand, can make cowards of us and prevent us from moving on. As part of the process of increasing his hidden powers, the shaman must first free himself from that giving-up point and, to do so, he must review his while life and find out where it occured.”

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Book:The Zahir
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“At some point, we have each said through our tears, "I'm suffering for a love that's not worth it." We suffer because we feel we are giving more than we receive. We suffer because we feel we are giving more than we receive. We suffer because our love is going unrecognized. We suffer because we are unable to impose our own rules. But ultimately there is no good reason for our suffering, for in every love lies the seed of our growth.”

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Book:By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
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“I've been in love before, it's like a narcotic. At first it brings the euphoria of complete surrender. The next day you want more. You're not addicted yet, but you like the sensation, and you think you can still control things.You think about the person you love for two minutes then forget them for three hours. But then you get used to that person, and you begin to be completely dependent on them. Now you think about him for three hours and forget him for two minutes. If he's not there, you feel like an addict who can't get a fix. And just as addicts steal and humiliate themselves to get what they need, you're willing to do anything for love."- By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept”

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Author:Paulo Coelho
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“War crimes, you say? No matter how many policies you put on paper, in reality, there are no rights and wrongs in war. War itself is a crime. War cannot be justified. I believe, the only people, in this world, whose opinions matter, are the ones who go the extra mile to help other people expecting nothing in return. Soldiers who fight fiercely for their country, the doctors in Sri Lanka's public hospitals attending to hundreds of patients at a time for no extra pay , the nuns who voluntarily teach English and math to children of refugee camps in the north, the monks who collect food to feed entire villages during crises, they are the people worth listening to, their opinion matters. So find me one of them who will say: they wish the war didn't end in 2009, that they wish Sri Lanka was divided into two parts. Find me one of them who agrees with the international war crime allegations against Sri Lanka, and I will listen. But I will not listen to the opinions of those who are paid to find faults in a war they were never a part of, a war they never experienced themselves. I will not listen to the opinions of those who watched the war on tv or read about it on the internet or were moved by a documentary on Al Jazeera. The war is over. The damage is done. Let Sri Lanka move on. So our children will never have to see what we've seen.”

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Author:Thisuri Wanniarachchi
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“Porque no vivo ni en mi pasado ni en mi futuro. Tengo sólo el presente, y él es el que me interesa. Si puedes permanecer siempre en el presente, serás un hombre feliz. Percibirás que en el desierto existe vida, que el cielo tiene estrellas, y que los guerreros luchan porque esto forma parte de la raza humana. La vida será una fiesta, un gran festival, porque ella es siempre sólo el momento que estamos viviendo.”

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Book:El Alquimista
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“Compra tu rebaño y recorre el mundo hasta aprender que nuestro castillo es el más importante y que nuestras mujeres son las más bellas. Y lo bendijo. En los ojos del padre él leyó también el deseo de recorrer el mundo. Un deseo que aún persistía, a pesar de las decenas de años que había intentado sepultarlo con agua, comida y el mismo lugar para dormir todas las noches.”

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Book:El Alquimista
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“Iubirea e un act de credinta fata de altcineva, iar chipul ei trebuie sa fie intodeauna acoperit de mister. Fiecare moment trebuie trait cu pasiune si emotie, fiindca, daca incercam sa-l descifram si sa-l intelegem , magia dispare. Urmam caile sinuoase si luminoase ale dragostei , ne lasam purtati in cel mai inalt loc de pe pamant sau in cea mai adanca dintre mari, dar acem incredere in mana care ne conduce. Cata vreme nu ne speriem , ne vom trezi mereu intr-un palat; daca ne temem de pasii pe care ni-i cere dragostea si vrem sa ne dezvaluie totul, nu vom mai ramane cu nimic.”

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Book:The Spy
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“Cuando vemos siempre a las mismas personas (...) terminamos haciendo que pasen a formar parte de nuestras vidas. Y como ellas forman parte de nuestras vidas, pasan también a querer modificar nuestras vidas. Y si no somos como ellas esperan que seamos, se molestan. Porque todas las personas saben exactamente cómo debemos vivir nuestra vida. Y nunca tienen idea de cómo deben vivir sus propias vidas.”

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Book:El Alquimista
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“Los alquimistas hacen esto. Muestran que cuando buscamos ser mejores de lo que somos, todo a nuestro alrededor se vuelve mejor también. (...) Porque el amor no es estar parado como el desierto, ni correr por el mundo como el viento, ni ver todo de lejos, como tú. El Amor es la fuerza que transforma y mejora el Alma del Mundo. Cuando penetré en ella por primera vez, la encontré perfecta. Pero después vi que ella era un reflejo de todas las criaturas, y tenía sus guerras y sus pasiones. Somos nosotros quienes alimentamos el Alma del Mundo y la tierra donde vivimos será mejor o peor, según seamos mejores o peores. Ahí es que entra la fuerza del Amor, porque cuando amamos, siempre deseamos ser mejores de lo que somos.”

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Book:El Alquimista
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“--Son fuerzas que parecen malas, pero en verdad te están enseñando cómo realizar tu Leyenda Personal. Están preparando tu espíritu y tu voluntad, porque existe una gran verdad en este planeta; seas quien seas o hagas lo que hagas, cuando deseas con firmeza alguna cosa, es porque este deseo nació en el alma del Universo. Es tu misión en la Tierra. (...) Y cuando quieres alguna cosa, todo el Universo conspira para que realices tu deseo.”

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Book:El Alquimista
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“Hace poco, Nélida Piñón, celebrada novelista brasileña y asesina en serie de lectores, dijo que Paulo Coelho, una especie de Barbusse y Anatole France en versión telenovela de brujos cariocas, debía ingresar en la Academia brasileña puesto que había llevado el idioma brasileño a todos los rincones del mundo. Como si el “idioma brasileño” fuera una ciencia infusa, capaz de soportar cualquier traducción, o como si los sufridos lectores del metro de Tokio supieran portugués. Además, ¿qué es eso de “idioma brasileño”? Una idea tan desmesurada como si habláramos del idioma canadiense o australiano o boliviano. Ciertamente, hay escritores bolivianos que parece que escriben en “idioma norteamericano”, pero eso se debe a que no saben escribir bien en español o castellano, pero en el fondo, bien o mal, lo que hacen es escribir en español.”

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Book:Between Parentheses: Essays, Articles, and Speeches, 1998-2003
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“Everyone knows how to love, because we are all born with that gift. Some people have a natural talent for it, but the majority of us have to re-learn, to remember how to love, and everyone, without exception, needs to burn on the bonfire of past emotions, to relive certain joys and griefs, certain ups and downs, until they can see the connecting thread that exists behind each new encounter; because there is a connecting thread.”

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Book:Eleven Minutes
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