Top 2109 Quotes & Sayings by Paulo Coelho - Page 36

Since my childhood I learned that to understand the world we need to go further and take the risks of sailing in unknown seas.

I am going to die. But I am going to die in peace because I lived my life as intensely as I could.

Walking helps me a lot to feel alive, and I do this every single day, my wife and I. We have long conversations about nature, and we also walk silently, just contemplating.

Perseverance brings good luck.

Walking is almost as important as breathing, for me.

Even if I live not in a big city, even if I detest to go to parties, I love street fairs and long conversations with people in the countryside.

The first spiritual quality we need to have is not faith; it is courage.

Happiness is this place that, once you arrive there, you have nothing else to do. You get bored. Passion is this up and down; it's like a rollercoaster, you know, and much more interesting to me.

I see is that there are many people who destroy their marriages because of one-night stands with someone else. And as the French say, "C'est ne pas grave." It's not something easy to swallow, but at the same time, it does not justify you to end a long-lasting relationship because something happened.