The strongest love is the love that can demonstrate its fragility.
LovePaulo Coelho in Eleven MinutesHow much I missed, simply because I was afraid of missing it.
Paulo Coelho in BridaWhat is a teacher? I'll tell you: it isn't someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to give of her best in order to discover what she already knows.
TeachersPaulo Coelho in The Witch of PortobelloAfter all, what is happiness? Love, they tell me. But love doesn't bring and never has brought happiness. On the contrary, it's a constant state of anxiety, a battlefield; it's sleepless nights, asking ourselves all the time if we're doing the right thing. Real love is composed of ecstasy and agony.
Paulo Coelho in The Witch of PortobelloWhen we meet someone and fall in love, we have a sense that the whole universe is on our side. And yet if something goes wrong, there is nothing left! How is it possible for the beauty that was there only minutes before to vanish so quickly? Life moves very fast. It rushes from heaven to hell in a matter of seconds.
Paulo Coelho in Eleven MinutesDon't allow your mind to tell your heart what to do. The mind gives up easily.
Mind vs. HeartPaulo Coelho