Paulo Coelho Quotes: Inspiring Wisdom from a Renowned Author

The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.

People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.

Don’t waste your time with explanations, people only hear what they want to hear.

No one can lie, no one can hide anything, when he looks directly into someone’s eyes.

You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own.

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

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

The two hardest tests on the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what we encounter.

Don’t allow your mind to tell your heart what to do. The mind gives up easily.

It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

I can control my destiny, but not my fate. Destiny means there are opportunities to turn right or left, but fate is a one-way street. I believe we all have the choice as to whether we fulfil our destiny, but our fate is sealed.

Everyone believes 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.

The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.

The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.

When someone sees the same people every day, they wind up becoming a part of that person’s life. And then they want the person to change. If someone isn’t what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.

The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love.

I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It’s all a question of how I view my life.

The secret to happiness is to appreciate what you have and make the most of it.

When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It’s very simple.

The world lies in the hands of those who have the courage to dream and who take the risk of living out their dreams – each according to his or her own talent.

The secret is here in the present. You have to be completely awake in the present to enjoy the tea.

Some people appear to be happy, but they simply don’t give the matter much thought. Others make plans: I’m going to have a husband, a home, two children, and a house in the country. As far as I’m concerned, I’ve ended up without a husband, a family, or a house in the country.

You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it’s better to listen to what it has to say.

When you find your path, you must ignore fear. You need to have the courage to take risks, to make mistakes. Mistakes are the stepping stones to success.

What you may not realize is that the time you spend waiting for something to happen, is time wasted not enjoying what is happening now.

You must understand that love never keeps a man from pursuing his destiny. If he abandons that pursuit, it’s because it wasn’t true love.

Life has a way of testing a person’s will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen at once.

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

The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.

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

It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

There is only one way to learn. It’s through action.

Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows.

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.

The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.

Dreams are the language of God.

The person who doesn’t ask What if I fail? when standing at the edge of the abyss, is either very lucky or very unlucky.

Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.

It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

I don’t live in either my past or my future. I’m interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you’ll be a happy man.

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

It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.

You can’t turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.

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

When you repeat a mistake, it is not a mistake anymore: it is a decision.

Before a dream is realised, the Soul of the World tests everything that was learned along the way. It does this not because it is evil, but so that we can, in addition to realising our dreams, master the lessons we’ve learned as we’ve moved toward that dream. That’s the point at which most people give up. It’s the point at which, as we say in the language of the desert, one ‘dies of thirst just when the palm trees have appeared on the horizon’.

We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation.

You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own.