Paulo Coelho

"Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear."

"it’s that sense of powerlessness that destroyed my soul. i cannot be as good as i would like to be.nor as bad as i think i need to be.i think you have the same doubts that your goodness was not rewarded"

"One day you will wake up & there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now."

"Try to find pleasure in the speed that you're not used to. Changing the way you do routine things allows a new person to grow inside of you. But when all is said and done, you're the one who must decide how you handle it."

"I don't regret my painful times, i bare my scars as if they were medals. I know that freedom has a high price, as high as that of slavery; the only difference is that you pay with pleasure and a smile, even when that that smile dimmed by tears"

"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."

"Every search begins with beginner’s luck. And every search ends with the victor’s being severely tested."

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

"I think you can have 10,000 explanations for failure, but no good explanation for success."

"Borges said there are only four stories to tell: a love story between two people, a love story between three people, the struggle for power and the voyage. All of us writers rewrite these same stories ad infinitum."

"JOY goes against the foundations of mathematics: it multiplies when we divide."

"You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen."

"He has done things that caused me to doubt His wisdom, but never His existence."

"What is success? It is being able to go to bed each night with your soul at peace"

"If I am really a part of your dream, you'll come back one day."

"We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path."

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

"Jesus lived a life that was full of joy and contradictions and fights, you know? If they were to paint a picture of Jesus without contradictions, the gospels would be fake, but the contradictions are a sign of authenticity."

"Life moves very fast. It rushes from Heaven to Hell in a matter of seconds."

"Love is an untamed force. When we try to control it, it destroys us. When we try to imprison it, it enslaves us. When we try to understand it, it leaves us feeling lost and confused."