The best Quotes from The Zahir

The best Quotes from The Zahir

The Zahir is a 2005 novel by the Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho. As in an earlier book, The Alchemist, The Zahir is about a pilgrimage. The book touches on themes of love, loss and obsession.

When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.
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Our true friends are those who are with us when the good things happen. They cheer us on and are pleased by our triumphs. False friends only appear at difficult times, with their sad, supportive faces, when, in fact, our suffering is serving to console them for their miserable lives.
It 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.
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Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.
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There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.
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It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.
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The dunes are changed by the wind, but the desert never changes.
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You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it is better to listen to what it has to say!
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Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.
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When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.
The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.
Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.
Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity.
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.
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. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we're living now.
Your eyes show the strength of your soul.
What other people think of you is none of your business.
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If you're brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.
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Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.
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Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.
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Tell 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.
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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.
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Profound desire, true desire is the desire to be close to someone.
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One day you will wake up and there wont be any more time to do the things you've always wanted. Do it now.
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It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.
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Those have most power to hurt us, that we love.
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Don't be someone that searches, finds, and then runs away.
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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.
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Never say goodbye, because goodbye means going away - and going away means forgetting.
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There’s a difference between saying good bye and letting go. Saying good bye is 'I'll see you again when I'm ready to hold your hand, and when you're ready to hold mine.' Letting go is 'I'll miss your hand. But I realized it's not mine to hold, and I will never hold it again.'
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False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade.
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I don't care what you think of me. I don't think of you at all.
No one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it.
The strongest love is the love that can demonstrate its fragility.
Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.
The moment we begin to seek love, love begins to seek us. And to save us.
Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
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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.
What 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.
After 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.
People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.
Anyone who loves in the expectation of being loved in return is wasting their time.
There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them. But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there.

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