Paulo Coelho

"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."

"What's the world's greatest lie?... It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate."

"Everything depends on One Word : "Maktub"!"

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

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

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

"Who dares, win"

"Tears are words that need to be written."

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

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

"The book is a film that takes place in the mind of the reader. That's why we go to movies and say, "Oh, the book is better."

"You must understand that love never keeps a man from pursuing his Personal Legend. If he abandons that pursuit, it's because it wasn't a true love.. the love that speaks the language of the world."

"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."

"A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires."

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

"Life is short. Kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly"

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

"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."

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

"I think that when we look for love courageously, it reveals itself, and we wind up attracting even more love. If one person really wants us, everyone does. But if we’re alone, we become even more alone. Life is strange."