Thewitchofportobello Quotes

“Let go of the idea that the path will lead you to your goal. The truth is that with each step we take, we arrive.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello

“No one can manipulate anyone else. In any relationship, both parties know what they're doing, even if one of them complains later on that they were used.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello

“love conquers all. And it isn't true. Sometimes love carries us into the abyss, taking with us—to make matters worse-the people we love.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello

“All we have to do is understand that we're all here for a reason and to commit ourselves to that. Then we can laugh at our sufferings, large and small, and walk fearlessly, aware that each step has meaning.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello

“Everything is at once so simple and so complicated! It's simple because all it takes is a change of attitude:
I'm not going to look for happiness anymore.
From now on, I'm independent; I see life through my eyes and not through other peo-ple's. I'm going in search of the adventure of being alive.
And it's complicated: Why am I not looking for happiness when everyone has taught me that happiness is the only goal worth pursuing? Why am I going to risk taking a path that no one else is taking?
After all, what is happiness?
Love, they tell me. But love doesn't bring and never has brought happiness. On the contrary, it's a constant state of anxiety,”
― Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello

“Everything is at once so simple and so complicated! It's simple because all it takes is a change of attitude:

I'm not going to look for happiness anymore.
From now on, I'm independent; I see life through my eyes and not through other peo-ple's. I'm going in search of the adventure of being alive.
And it's complicated: Why am I not looking for happiness when everyone has taught me that happiness is the only goal worth pursuing? Why am I going to risk taking a path that no one else is taking?

After all, what is happiness?
Love, they tell me. But love doesn't bring and never has brought happiness. On the contrary, it's a constant state of anxiety,”
― Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello

“Money brings happiness. Fine. In that case, everyone who earns enough to have a high standard of living would be able to stop working. But then they're more troubled than ever, as if they were afraid of losing everything. Money attracts money, that's true. Poverty might bring unhappiness, but money won't necessarily bring happiness.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello

“We're surrounded by Universal Desire.
It's not happiness, it's desire. And desires are never satisfied, because once they are, they cease to be desires.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello

“everyone infects everyone else.
Groups can also destroy us,”
― Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello

“When I die, burry mme standing because I spent all my life knees!!”
― Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello

“- Are you happy ?

- Yes!

- but don't you want MORE ?!”
― Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello

“Who I am NOT ?”
― Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello