Paulo Coelho

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

"Tears are words that need to be written."

"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."

"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."

"Ever since time began, people have recognized their true Love by the light in their eyes."

"Tears are words that need to be written."

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

"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"

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

"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."

"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."

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

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

"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."

"We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it's our life or our possessions and property. But this fear evaporates when we understand that our life stories and the history of the world were written by the same hand."

"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."

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

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

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

"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."