Paulo Coelho: Zitate auf Englisch (seite 30)

“Possibly. Basically, everything that happens in our life is our fault and ours alone. A lot of people go through the same difficulties we went through, and they react completely differently. We looked for the easiest way out: a separate reality.”

“The best way to weaken one's enemy was to get him to believe that you were on his side.”

“Every road i traveled led back to you”

“Visit your soul; don't visit your past.”

“We have to be prepared for change.”

“I don't want to change anything, because I don't know how to deal with change.”

“Defeat ends when we launch into another battle. Failure has no end: it is a lifetime choice.”

“On your journey to your dream, be ready to face oasis and deserts. In both cases, don't stop”

“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.”

“Infatuation was a good thing. It gave spice to life, and added to its enjoyment… But it was different from love. Love was worth everything, and couldn't be exchanged for anything.”

“Live to please the others, and everyone will love you, except yourself.”

“If you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better.”

“Close cycles. Not because of pride or arrogance, but because that no longer fits your life”

“Love lasts because it changes and not because it stays the same and never faces any challenges.”

“True wisdom consists in respecting the simple things we do”

“We, their hearts, become fearful just thinking of loved ones who go away forever, or of moments that could have been good but weren't, or of moments that could have been found but were forever hidden in the sands.”

“I'm not worried about tomorrow, because God is there already, waiting for me.”

“In order not to suffer, you had to renounce love. It was like putting out your own eyes in order not to see the bad things in life.”

“Whenever a new situation presented itself, you had to remain cool and distant”