Paulo Coelho's Quotes of the Day #5

However brightly a piece of coal may be burning, it will soon burn out if you remove it from the flames. However intelligent a man may be, he will soon lose his warmth and his flame if he distances himself from his fellow man.

Judging oneself to be inferior to other people was one of the worst acts of pride one would ever knew, because it is the most destructive way of being different.

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

I live neither in my past nor in my future. I have only the present, and that is what matters. If you can remain always in the present, then you will be a happy man. Life will be a party, one long celebration, because life is this moment we are living now.

The moment of that kiss contained every happy moment I had ever lived.

"Play your part and do not worry about what others do. Believe that God also speaks to them, and that they are as engaged as you are in discovering the meaning of life." Brida

Wise people discuss ideas. Fools discuss how people should behave.

Work is a blessing when it helps us to think about what we're doing; but it becomes a curse when its sole use is to stop us thinking about the meaning of our life.

True love allows each person to follow his or her own path, aware that doing so can never drive them apart.

We are all masters of our own destinies.

The man before me suffers for something which he believes he has never received -- my love. But the man beyond your self understands that all the pain, anxiety and feelings of abandonment are unnecessary and childish. I love you. Not in the way that your human side wants, but in the way that the divine spark wants. We inhabit the same tent, which was placed on our path by her. There we understand that we are not the slaves of our feelings, but their masters... I love you as exiled souls love each other when they meet in the middle of the desert. There will never be anything physical between us, but no passion is in vain, no love is ever wasted.

In life, each person can take one of two attitudes: to build or to plant. The builders may take year over their tasks, but one day, they finish what they're doing. Then they find they're hemmed in by their own walls. Life loses its meaning when the building stops. Then there are those who plant. They endure storms and all the many vicissitudes of the seasons, and they rarely rest. But, unlike a building, a garden never stops growing. And while it requires the gardener's constant attention, it also allows life the gardener to be a great adventure. Gardeners always recognize each other, because they know that in the history of each plant lies the growth of the whole world.

It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting

One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving

Disappointment, defeat and despair are the tools god uses to show as the way.

God always offers us a second chance in life.

A responsible warrior is not someone who takes the weight of the world on his shoulders, but someone who has learned to deal with the challenges of the moment.

If you can dream, you can do.

Man needs to choose, not just accept his destiny.

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

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