Paulo Coelho: Zitate auf Englisch
Paulo Coelho ist brasilianischer Schriftsteller und Bestseller-Autor. Zitate auf Englisch.“The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”
Paulo Coelho buch Der Alchimist
Introduction, p. xi.
Quelle: The Alchemist (1988)
Kontext: I ask myself: are defeats necessary?
Well, necessary or not, they happen. When we first begin fighting for a dream, we have no experience and make mistakes. The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.
Paulo Coelho buch By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept (1994)
Variante: Waiting Hurts. Forgetting Hurts. But not knowing which decision to take is the worst of suffering.
Quelle: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
“The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.”
Paulo Coelho buch Der Alchimist
Variante: simple things are the most valuable and only wise people appreciate them".
Quelle: The Alchemist
“When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.”
Paulo Coelho buch Elf Minuten
Quelle: Eleven Minutes
Paulo Coelho buch Der Alchimist
Quelle: The Alchemist (1988), p. 158.
Paulo Coelho buch Brida
Quelle: Brida (1990).
Kontext: When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.
“Don't give in to your fears. If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart.”
Paulo Coelho buch Der Alchimist
Quelle: The Alchemist
Variante: You have passed through the two hardest tests on the spiritual road: the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what you encounter.
Quelle: Veronika Decides to Die
“Now that she had nothing to lose, she was free.”
Paulo Coelho buch Elf Minuten
Quelle: Eleven Minutes
“People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.”
Paulo Coelho buch Der Alchimist
Quelle: The Alchemist
“People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.”
Quelle: Veronika Decides to Die
Paulo Coelho buch Der Alchimist
Quelle: The Alchemist (1988), p. 184; this also has been quoted as "What happens once will never happen again. But what happens twice will surely happen a third time."
Paulo Coelho buch By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
Quelle: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept