Paulo Coelho

You’re someone who’s different, but who wants to be the same as everyone else. And that, in my view, is a serious illness.

He tries to show each person how much they are capable of achieving.

I don’t know what to do. I only know that it’s taken me years to understand that life was pushing me in a direction I didn’t want to go in.

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

We all have the ability…we just don't all have the courage to follow our dreams and to follow the signs.

Warriors of the light are not perfect. Their beauty lies in accepting this fact and still desiring to grow and to learn

Join with those who sing songs, tell stories, enjoy life … because happiness is contagious. Join those who walk with their heads high even when they have tears in their eyes. Avoid those who … have never shed a tear

...in all the woods and forests, God did not create a single leaf the same as any other... People go against nature because they lack the courage to be different.

Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose—and commit myself to—what is best for me.

Every Warrior of the Light has felt afraid of going into battle. Every Warrior of the Light has, at some time in the past, lied or betrayed someone. Every Warrior of the Light has trodden a path that was not his. Every Warrior of the Light has suffered for the most trivial of reasons. Every Warrior of the Light has, at least once, believed he was not a Warrior of the Light. Every Warrior of the Light has failed in his spiritual duties. Every Warrior of the Light has said 'yes' when he wanted to say 'no.' Every Warrior of the Light has hurt someone he loved. That is why he is a Warrior of the Light, because he has been through all this and yet has never lost hope of being better than he is.

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

When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.

…in all the woods and forests, God did not create a single leaf the same as any other… People go against nature because they lack the courage to be different.

When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

You’re someone who’s different, but who wants to be the same as everyone else. And that, in my view, is a serious illness.

The warrior of the light has a destiny to fulfill.

He chooses the path along which he is walking and so has no complaints.

In these words lies all his power: He chose the path along which he is walking and so has no complaints.

The warrior of the light has a destiny to fulfill.

In these words lies all his power. He chose the path along which he is walking and so has no complaints.

Live. If you live, God will live with you. If you refuse to run his risks, he’ll retreat to that distant heaven and be merely a subject for philosophical speculation. Everyone knows this, but no one takes the first step, perhaps for fear of being called insane.

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

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

Then, accepting the help of God and of God's signs, he allows his personal legend to guide him toward the tasks that life has reserved for him.

An awareness of death encourages us to live more intensely.

On some nights, he has nowhere to sleep, on others he suffers from insomnia. ‘That’s just how it is,’ thinks the warrior. ‘I was the one who chose to walk this path.’

A warrior balances solitude and dependence.

A warrior of the light...never confuses tension with anxiety.

A miracle happened: another day of life.

I don't regret the painful times; I bare my scars as if they were medals.

Each stone, each bend cries welcome to him. He identifies with the mountains and the streams, he sees something of his own soul in the plants and the animals and the birds of the field.

If only everyone could know and live with their inner craziness…people would be fairer and happier.

Warriors of the light are not perfect. Their beauty lies in accepting this fact and still desiring to grow and to learn.

A miracle happened: another day of life.

An awareness of death encourages us to live more intensely.

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

Be like the fountain that overflows, not like the cistern that merely contains.

it was dangerous to overflow because we might end up finding ourselves occupied by our loved ones and drowning them with our love and enthusiasm.

The danger of an adventure is worth a thousand days of ease and comfort.

We all have the ability... we just don’t all have the courage to follow our dreams and to follow the  signs.

There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.

Each stone, each bend cries welcome to him. He identifies with the mountains and the streams, he sees something of his own soul in the plants and the animals and the birds of the field.

If only everyone could know and live with their inner craziness... people would be fairer and happier.

Join with those who sing songs, tell stories, enjoy life ... because happiness is contagious. Join those who walk with their heads high even when they have tears in their eyes. Avoid those who ... have never shed a tear.

I learned the most important lesson of my life: that the extraordinary is not the birthright of a chosen and privileged few, but of all people, even the humblest. That is my one certainty: we are all the manifestation of the divinity of God.

The moment that he begins to walk along it, the warrior of the light recognizes the path.

The danger of an adventure is worth a thousand days of ease and comfort.

Then, accepting the help of God and of God’s signs, he allows his personal legend to guide him toward the tasks that life has reserved for him.

Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose--and commit myself to--what is best for me.

He tries to show each person how much they are capable of achieving.

I don’t know what to do. I only know that it’s taken me years to understand that life was pushing me in a direction I didn’t want to go in.

He chooses the path along which he is walking and so has no complaints.

On some nights, he has nowhere to sleep, on others he suffers from insomnia. "That's just how it is," thinks the warrior. "I was the one who chose to walk this path."