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“I simply believe that a book has a journey to make, and should not be condemned to being stuck on a shelf… Let’s leave our books free to travel, then, to be touched by other hands, and enjoyed by other eyes.”
― Paulo Coehlo

“All you have to do is contemplate a simple grain of sand, and you will see in it all the marvels of creation. Listen to your heart. It knows all things, because it came from the Soul of the World, and it will one day return there.”
― Paulo Coelho

“Listen to your heart. It knows all things, because it came from the Soul of the World and it will one day return there.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“Remember: when someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.”
― Paulo Coelho

“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

“He should know that
the great aim of every human being is to understand the meaning of total love. Love is
not to be found in someone
else, but in ourselves; we simply awaken it. But in order to do that, we need the other person.
The universe only makes sense when we have someone to share our feelings with.”
― Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes

“It's not what enters men's mouths that's evil. It's what
comes out of their mouths that is.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“When you dance, do you feel desire? Do you feel as if you were summoning up a greater energy? When you dance, are there moments when you cease to be yourself?”
― Paolo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello

“He also said that this was not just a human gift, that everything on the face of the earth had a soul, whether mineral, vegetable, or animal - or even just a simple thought.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“These are people who accept the fire of the Holy Spirit,' he said, 'the fire that is left behind but that is used by so few people to light their candles.”
― Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

“Love can only be found through the act of loving.”
― Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

“Water: it has no taste, no smell, no color, and yet it is the most important thing in the world.”
― Paulo Coelho

“All human beings are different and should take their right to be different to its ultimate consequences”
― Paulo Coelho

“It's not what enters men's mouths that's evil, it's what comes out of their mouths that is.”
― Paulo Coelho

“I couldn’t have found God in the seminary, he thought, as he looked at the sunrise.”
― Paulo Coelho

“That's because like everyone else on the planet, you believed that time would teach you to grow closer to God. But time doesn't teach; it merely brings us a sense of weariness and of growing older.”
― Paulo Coelho, Aleph

“Faith as tiny as a grain of sand allows us to move mountains.”
― Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

“really important meetings are planned by the souls
long before the bodies see each other.”
― Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes

“For her, everyday was the same, and when each day is the same as next, it’s because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day the sun rises.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“He knew that any given thing on the face of the earth could reveal the history of all things. One could open a book to any page, or look at a person's hand; one could turn a card, or watch the flight of birds... whatever the thing observed, one could find a connection with his experience of the moment. Actually, it wasn't that those things, in themselves, revaled anything at all; it was just that people, looking at what was ocurring around them, could find a means of penetration to the Soul of the World.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“Like everyone else on the planet, you believed that time would teach you to grow closer to God. But time doesn't teach; it merely brings us a sense of weariness and of growing older.”
― Paulo Coelho

“Fortunate are those who take the first step. Someday people will realize that men and women are capable of speaking the language of the angels - that all of us are possessed of the gifts of the Holy Spirit and that we can perform miracles, cure, prophesy, and understand.”
― Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

“I love you because all the loves in the world are like different rivers flowing into the same lake where they meet and are transformed into a single love that becomes rain and blesses the earth.”
― Paulo Coelho, Aleph

“people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day that the sun rises.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.”
― Paulo Coelho

“The book is a film that takes place in the mind of the reader.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“The spiritual path can only be traveled through the daily experience of love.”
― Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

“Writing books is a socially acceptable form of getting naked in public.”
― Paulo Coelho

“There's nothing deeper than love. In fairytales , the princesses kiss the frogs, and the frogs become princes. In real life, the princesses kiss princes, and the princes turn into frogs.”
― Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

“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