Top 2109 Quotes & Sayings by Paulo Coelho - Page 29

The warrior of light listens to what his opponent has to say. He only fights if absolutely necessary.

You can only learn when you teach.

The search for something can prove as interesting as finding it.

Forgive your enemy, but do not mistake him for a friend.

It is important never to relax, however far you have come.

A faithless fan can make a team lose a game they have won.

There is no such thing as a strange world, only a new world.

When we have great treasures before us, we can never see them.

The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.

A threat need not provoke a response if it is not taken up.

Never cease doubting. When the doubts stop it is because you have stopped journeying.

Any man who, having planted a vineyard, has not yet reaped the benefits should do so at once, so that he does not die in the struggle and leave it for another to enjoy.

Man needs to choose, not just accept, his destiny.

The search can be as interesting as the fear you feel, as long as you overcome that fear.

We are neither worse nor better than those who eye us critically.

The Road to Santiago is the road of ordinary people.

The warrior of Light perseveres in his desire, but knows he must wait for the best moment.

A schizophrenic is a person who already has a natural tendency to absent himself from this world.

Feelings form part of a world in which time, space and frontiers do not exist.

Anyone who loves needs to know both how to lose himself and how to find himself.

I understand that everything is connected, that all roads meet, and that all rivers flow into the same sea.

In our obsessive wish to arrive, we often forget the most important thing, which is the journey.

God, in his infinite wisdom, hid Hell in he middle of Paradise, to keep us on our toes.

People always arrive promptly at the places where they are expected.

The light of love drives away the darkness of guilt.

Eat when it is time to eat. And walk when it is time to walk.

You will not find the treasure of your Personal Legend unless you want to live that Legend.

Sak, pain, love are limited human experiences. and only those who know their own frontiers, those knows the life, the rest is just passing time.

Everyone has their own way of learning.

We learn to fight and to grow strong by fighting.

Emotions are wild horses.

Faith parries all blows. Faith transforms poison into crystalline water.

The darkest hour was just before dawn.

There are two gods. The god our teachers teach us about, and the God who teaches us. The god about whom people usually talk, and the God who talks to us. The god we learn to fear, and the God who speaks to us of mercy. The god who is somewhere up on high, and the God who is here in our daily lives. The god who demands punishment, and the God who forgives us our trespasses. The god who threatens us with the torments of Hell, and the God who shows us the true path. There are two gods. A god who casts us off because of our sins, and a God who calls to us with His love.

God judges a tree by its fruits and not by its roots.

The search for happiness is purely personal and not a model we can give to others.

There is a huge difference between danger and fear.

Desire is not what you see, but what you imagine.

Attacking or fleeing are part of the struggle; being paralysed by fear is not.

We are what we believe ourselves to be

Every day, we try to pretend that we haven't perceived that moment, that it doesn't exist; that today is the same as yesterday and will be the same as tomorrow. But if people really pay attention to their everyday lives, they will discover that magic moment.

Our human condition makes us tend to share only the best of ourselves, because we are always searching for love and approval

A warrior accepts defeat. He does not treat it as a matter of indifference nor does he try to make a victory of it.

Few take up the burden of their own victory; most give up their dreams when these become impossible.

The pain barrier was not a barrier for her; she could go beyond it.

Passion. It can be used to describe the beauty of an earth-shaking meeting between two people, but it isn't just that. It's there in the excitement of the unexpected, in the desire to do something with real fervour, in the certainty that one is going to realise a dream. Passion sends us signals that guide us through our lives.

How does light enter a person? Through the open door of love.

If only we could be enlightened enough to be able to listen in the silence.

To attain his dream, the warrior of light needs a strong will and an enormous capacity for acceptance.

Fine words lack all meaning when we are confronted by real suffering.

All battles have some use, including those in which we were defeated.

He celebrates yesterday's victory in order to gain more strength for tomorrow's battle.

The warrior knows that the most important words in all languages are the small words. Yes. Love. God. They are words that are easy enough to say and which fill vast empty spaces.

In all the languages in the world, there is the same proverb: "What the eyes don't see, the heart doesn't grieve over." Well, I say that there isn't an ounce of truth in it. The further off they are, the closer to the heart are all those feelings that we try to repress and forget.

The devil is in the detail.

A warrior of light needs both patience and speed. He treats each situation as if it were unique.

Any resistance is not only normal but necessary-it is part of the creative process.

Discipline and freedom are not mutually exclusive but mutually dependent because otherwise, you'd sink into chaos.

I don't get anywhere meditating," she said. "I see people sitting there with their eyes closed, a smile on their lips or else grave-faced and arrogant, concentrating on absolutely nothing, convinced that they're in touch with God or with the Goddess. So instead, let's listen to some music together.

Be realistic: always wish the impossible.