Paulo Coelho: Zitate auf Englisch (seite 7)

“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.”

“How much I missed, simply because I was afraid of missing it.”

“The strongest love is the love that can demonstrate its fragility.”

“At a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That's the world's greatest lie.”

“I’ve learned that waiting is the most difficult bit, and I want to get used to the feeling, knowing that you’re with me, even when you’re not by my side.”

“Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant.”

“Why do we have to listen to our hearts?" the boy asked.
"Because, wherever your heart is, that is where you will find your treasure.”

“Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.”

“Stay mad, but behave like normal people. Run the risk of being different, but learn to do so without attracting attention.”

“Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed.”

“behind the mask of ice that people wear, there beats a heart of fire.”

“Why is patience so important?"
"Because it makes us pay attention.”

“If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting it.”

“Love is not to be found in someone else, but in ourselves; we simply awaken it. But in order to do that, we need the other person. The universe only makes sense when we have someone to share our feelings with.”

“Don’t bother trying to explain your emotions. Live everything as intensely as you can and keep whatever you felt as a gift from God. The best way to destroy the bridge between the visible and invisible is by trying to explain your emotions.”

“Don't allow your mind to tell your heart what to do. The mind gives up easily”

“Haters are confused admirers who can’t understand why everybody else likes you”

“Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life.”

“Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows.”