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“Judging oneself to be inferior to other people was one of the worst acts of pride he knew, because it was the most destructive way of being different.”
― Paulo Coelho, Brida

“People give flowers as present because flowers contain true meaning of love. Anyone who tries to posses a flower will have to watch its beauty fading. But if you simply look at a flower in the field, you'll keep it forever.
That is what the forest taught me. That you will never be mine, and that is why i will never lose you.”
― Paulo Coelho, Brida

“Sometimes, certain of God's blessings arrive by shattering all the windows. (Brida)”
― Paulo Coelho

“A prayer couched in the words of the soul, is far more powerful than any ritual.”
― Paulo Coelho, Brida

“She wasn’t afraid of difficulties; what frightened her was being forced to choose one particular path.
Choosing a path meant having to miss out on others. She had a whole life to live and she was always thinking that, in future, she might regret the choices she made now.
‘I’m afraid of committing myself,’ she thought to herself. She wanted to follow all possible paths and so ended up following none.
Even in that most important area of her life, love, she had failed to commit herself. After her first romantic dissappointment, she had never again given herself entirely. She feared pain, loss and separation. These things were inevitable on the path to love, and the only way of avoiding them was by deciding not to take that path at all. In order not to suffer, you had to renounce love. It was like putting out your own eyes in order not to see the bad things in life.”
― Paulo Coelho, Brida

“It was a really beautiful view, and Brida recalled that spirits preferred such places.”
― Paulo Coelho, Brida

“It isn'y explanations that carry us forward, it's our desire to go on.”
― Paulo Coelho, Brida

“She didn't need to understand the meaning of life; it was enough to find someone who did, and then fall asleep in his arms and sleep as a child sleeps, knowing that someone stronger than you is protecting you from all evil and all danger”
― Paulo Coelho, Brida

“Even if it is only for a matter of moments, because those moments bring with them a Love so intense that it justifies the rest of our days.”
― Paulo Coelho, Brida

“I’m afraid of love, because it involves things that are beyond our understanding; it sheds such a brilliant light, but the shadow it casts frightens me.”
― Paulo Coelho, Brida

“When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.”
― Paulo Coelho, Brida

“Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.”
― Paulo Coelho, Brida

“None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, yet still we go forward. Because we trust. Because we have faith.”
― Paulo Coelho

“How much I missed, simply because I was afraid of missing it.”
― Paulo Coelho, Brida

“Don’t bother trying to explain your emotions. Live everything as intensely as you can and keep whatever you felt as a gift from God. The best way to destroy the bridge between the visible and invisible is by trying to explain your emotions.”
― Paulo Coelho, Brida

“Finding one important thing in your life doesn’t mean you have to
give up all the other important things.”
― Paulo Coelho, Brida

“Never be ashamed,’ he said. ‘Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle.’
‘How will I know which is which?’
‘By the taste. You can only know a good wine if you have first tasted a bad one.”
― Paulo Coelho, Brida

“Fairy tales had been her first experience of the magical universe, and more than once she had wondered why people ended up distancing themselves from that world, knowing the immense joy that childhood had brought to their lives.”
― Paulo Coelho, Brida

“When we set out on the path, we always have a fairly clear idea of what we hope to find. Women are generally seeking their Soul Mate, and men looking for Power. Neither party is really interested in learning. They simply want to reach the thing they have set as their goal.”
― Paulo Coelho, Brida

“Sometimes the best of gods gift's arrive by the shattering of all the window panes.”
― Paulo Coelho, Brida

“she, with her affection and her gaiety, had been largely responsible for him having rediscovered the meaning of life, her love had driven him to the far corners of the Earth, because he needed to be rich enough to buy some land and live in peace with her for the rest of their days. It was his utter confidence in this fragile creature, that had made him fight with honor, because he knew that after a battle he could forget all the horrors of war in her arms, and that, despite all the women he had known, only there in her arms could he close his eyes and sleep like a child.”
― Paulo Coelho, Brida

“What we see is not always what exists.”
― Paulo Coelho, Brida

“The soil needs the seed and the seed needs the soil. The one only has meaning with the other. It is the same thing with human beings. When male knowledge joins with female transformation, then the great magical union is created, and its name is wisdom. Wisdom means both to know and to transform.”
― Paulo Coelho, Brida

“Learning something means coming into contact with a world of which you know nothing. In order to learn, you must be humble.”
― Paulo Coelho, Brida

“Give time time.”
― Paulo Coelho, Brida

“What is outside is harder to change than what is inside.”
― Paulo Coelho, Brida

“And because of our selfishness, we will be condemned to the worst torture humankind ever invented for itself: loneliness.”
― Paulo Coelho, Brida

“We are responsible for reencountering our Soul Mate who is sure to cross our path. Even if it is only for a matter of moments, because those moments bring with them a love so intense that it justifies the rest of our days.”
― Paulo Coelho, Brida

“How's the water?" asked her father.
"It's lovely," she replided.
"Right, from now on, whenever you want to find out about something, plunge straight in.”
― Paulo Coelho, Brida

“What is a Gift?"
"A Gift is your way of serving the world.”
― Paulo Coelho, Brida