"I have seen many storms in my life. Most storms have caught me by surprise, so I had to learn very quickly to look further and understand that I am not capable of controlling the weather, to exercise the art of patience and to respect the fury of nature."
Paulo Coelho"Beauty is the greatest seducer of man."
Paulo Coelho"You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen."
Paulo Coelho"Every day I try to be in communication with the universe in an unconscious way."
Paulo Coelho"Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible: the fear of failure."
Paulo Coelho"Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience."
Paulo Coelho"I think you can have 10,000 explanations for failure, but no good explanation for success."
Paulo Coelho"The more in harmony with yourself you are, the more joyful you are and the more faithful you are. Faith is not to disconnect you from reality - it connects you to reality."
Paulo Coelho"Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream."
Paulo Coelho"You're always learning. The problem is, sometimes you stop and think you understand the world. This is not correct. The world is always moving. You never reach the point you can stop making an effort."
Paulo Coelho"Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act."
Paulo Coelho"One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving."
Paulo Coelho"I'm not saying that love always takes you to heaven. Your life can become a nightmare. But that said, it is worth taking the risk."
Paulo Coelho"When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It's very simple."
Paulo Coelho"With all due respect, the Mona Lisa is overrated."
Paulo Coelho"All women have a perception much more developed than men. So all women somehow, being repressed for so many millennia, they ended up by developing this sixth sense and contemplation and love. And this is something that we have a hard time to accept as part of our society."
Paulo Coelho"Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time."
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