No one can lie, no one can hide anything, when he looks directly into someone's eyes.
Lies, EyesPaulo CoelhoRemember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible: the fear of failure.
Dreaming, Fear, MotivationPaulo CoelhoI 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.
Patience & EndurancePaulo CoelhoYou will never be able to escape from your heart. So it is better to listen to what it has to say!
HeartPaulo Coelho in The AlchemistIt is always important to know when something has reached its end. Closing circles, shutting doors, finishing chapters, it doesn’t matter what we call it; what matters is to leave in the past those moments in life that are over.
Paulo Coelho in The ZahirProfound desire, true desire is the desire to be close to someone.
DesirePaulo Coelho in Eleven MinutesLife has a way of testing a person's will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen at once.
Paulo CoelhoIf you're brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.
Change, BeginningPaulo CoelhoOne day you will wake up and there wont be any more time to do the things you've always wanted. Do it now.
Paulo CoelhoHer greatest problem was that she was a woman of the twenty-second century living in the twenty-first, and making no secret of the fact either. Did she pay a price? She certainly did.
Paulo Coelho in The Witch of PortobelloThose have most power to hurt us, that we love.
Paulo CoelhoNothing happens by chance, my friend... No such thing as luck. A meaning behind every little thing, and such a meaning behind this. Part for you, part for me, may not see it all real clear right now, but we will, before long.
Happiness, Fate & Destiny, ChancePaulo CoelhoI think that perhaps we always fall in love the very first time we see the man of our dreams, even though, at the time, reason may be telling otherwise, and we may fight against that instinct, hoping against hope that we won't win, until there comes a point when we allow ourselves to be vanquished by our feelings...
LovePaulo CoelhoTell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.
Heart, FearPaulo CoelhoIt's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.
Life, DreamingPaulo Coelho'Difficulty' is the name of an ancient tool that was created to define who we are.
Ambition, Character, Work & CarreerPaulo CoelhoWaiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.
BreakupPaulo CoelhoEveryone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.
Paulo Coelho in The AlchemistThere is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.
Paulo Coelho in The AlchemistThe dunes are changed by the wind, but the desert never changes.
Change, Wind, WüstenPaulo Coelho in The AlchemistEveryone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.
Paulo Coelho in The AlchemistIt's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.
Dreaming, VisionPaulo Coelho in The Alchemist