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Paulo Coelho is a Brazilian author, best known for his novel "The Alchemist." His inspirational works have been translated into dozens of languages and have touched millions of readers worldwide. He continues to inspire with stories about self-discovery, dreams, and spirituality. Here are 1006 of his quotes:

To realize one's destiny is a person's only real obligation and when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. (Paulo Coelho)
YOU don't choose your life; it chooses you. There's no point asking why life has reserved certain joys or griefs, you just accept them and carry on. View quote
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Avoid those who seek friends in order to maintain a certain social status or to open doors they would not otherwise be able to approach. View quote
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If Evil exists, it's to be found in our fears. View quote
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Isn't wine prohibited here?" the boy asked. "It's not what enters men's mouths that's evil," said the alchemist. "It's what comes out of their mouths that is. View quote
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The rain is falling ever harder and all I can hear is the sound of the water. I'm drenched but I can't move. View quote
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Love is an act of faith & its face should always be covered in mystery. Every moment should be lived with feeling & emotion because if we try to decipher it & understand it, the magic disappears. View quote
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when we release our dark side, it will completely overshadow the best in us. View quote
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I have a gift for inventing fantasies with extraordinary speed. View quote
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It feels like my soul is slowly leaving my body and heading off to an unknown place, some "safe" place where it doesn't have to put up with me and my night terrors. View quote
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I'm an old, superstitious Arab, and I believe in our proverbs. There's one that says, 'Everything that happens once can never happen again. But anything that happens twice will surely happen a third time. (Paulo Coelho)
I haven't the slightest interest in being happy. I prefer to live life passionately, which is dangerous because you never know what might happen next. View quote
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Where your treasure is, there also will be your heart. View quote
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Give time time. View quote
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Dear Depression, please keep your distance. Don't be nasty. Find some other person with more reason than me to look in the mirror and say: "What a pointless existence.” Whether you like it or not, I know how to defeat you. You're wasting your time. View quote
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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 smile is dimmed with tears. View quote
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She didn't struggle and so she didn't grow. View quote
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By taking risks. By risking failure, disappointment, disillusion, but never ceasing in your search for Love, as long as you keep looking, you will triumph in the end. View quote
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Record things in your heart. It's more important than trying to show people what you're experiencing. View quote
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People struggle to live, not to commit suicide. View quote
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Our life is a constant journey, from birth to death. The landscape changes, the people change, our needs change, but the train keeps moving. Life is the train, not the station. And what you're doing now isn't traveling, it's just changing countries, which is completely different. (Paulo Coelho)
Hell is when we look back during that fraction of a second and know that we wasted an opportunity to dignify the miracle of life. Paradise is being able to say at that moment: "I made some mistakes, but I wasn't a coward. View quote
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Past and future exist only in our memory. The present moment, though, is outside of time, it's Eternity. In India, they use the word ‘karma,' for lack of any better term. View quote
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God is where you let Him in. View quote
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Never be ashamed. Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle. How will I know which is which? By the taste. You can only know a good wine if you have first tasted a bad one. View quote
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Paulo Coelho

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Photo: Lula Oficial, CC BY-SA 2.0
Occupation: Brazilian Lyricist
Born: August 24, 1947
Quotes count: 1006
Wikipedia: Paulo Coelho

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