Paulo Coelho's Quotes of the Day #10

What is the real I? It's what you are, not what others make of you

Every blessing ignored becomes a curse

And it ends up saying that everyone believes the worlds greatest lie.... what's the worlds greatest lie? " It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That's the worlds greatest lie."

"When you love, things make even more sense."

In search for your destiny, you will often find yourself obliged to change direction.

Decisions are only the beginning of something. When someone makes a decision he is, in fact, plunging into a powerful current that carries him to a place he had never even dreamed of when he made that initial decision.

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.

The path to wisdom is not being afraid to make mistakes.

The Gift belongs to whoever chooses to accept it. It is enough to believe and not to be afraid to make a few mistakes.

When we postpone the harvest, the fruit rots, but when we postpone our problems, they keep on growing.

Good and Evil have the same face; it all depends on when they cross the path of each individual human being.

Thinking about the small things is not the same as thinking small.

We pretend to be strong because we are weak.

Face your path with courage, don't be scared of people's criticism. And, above all, don't let yourself get paralyzed by your own criticism.

I'll tell everyone that the children are my reason for living, when in reality my life is their reason for living.

There is one great truth on this planet: whoever you are, or whatever it is that you do, when you really want something, it's because that desire originated in the soul of the universe. It's your mission on earth.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

We have to stop and be humble enough to understand that there is something called mystery

You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it.

When everyone dreams but only a few realize their dreams, that makes cowards of us all.

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