Paulo Coelho's Quotes of the Day #9

We wouldn't worry nearly as much about what others thought of us if we recognize how seldom they do.

A cactus in the dessert could survive with litter water. But not without water at all. Just like for a human, they could live somehow with little love but not with its total absence.

"I'm going away," he said. "And I want you to know that I'm coming back. I love you because..." "Don't say anything." Fatima interrupted. "One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving."

simple things are the most valuable and only wise people appreciate them

Each of us faces two roads : action and contemplation. Both lead to the same point.

You must find your treasure in order to make sense of everything you discovered on the path.

Anyone who has known happiness will never again be able humbly to accept sadness.

Just before a dream is fulfilled, the Soul of the World decides to test everything that was learned on the journey.

Duty never stopped anyone from following their dreams.

Anyone who interferes in the destiny of others will never discover his own

The biggest mistake of the man is that he thinks he doesn't deserve the good and the bad things from his life

Faith without practice is useless.

Learning something means coming into contact with a world of which you know nothing. In order to learn, you must be humble.

We lose many things simply out of our fear of losing them.

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.

Love cannot exist in peace, it will always come accompanied by agonies, ecstasies, intense joys and profound sadnesses.

Unhappy people hate to be reminded that happiness exists. Save your energies!

Feelings should always be allowed to be free. You should not judge a future love by past suffering.

Tragedies do happen. We can discover the reason, blame others, imagine how different our lives would be had they not occurred. But none of that is important: they did occur, and so be it. From there onward we must put aside the fear that they awoke in us and begin to rebuild.

The parents always insisted on telling their child that their secret friends didn't exist - perhaps because they had forgotten that they too had spoken to their angel at one time. Or, who knows, perhaps they thought they lived in a world where there was no longer any place for angels. Disenchanted, the angels had returned to God's side, knowing that they could no longer impose their presence.

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