Paulo Coelhoborn 1947The quotations of
Paulo Coelho
Brazilian lyricist and novelist
born 1947
16 quotes, most often on Love and Life & Death.
To live is to experience things, not sit around pondering the meaning of life.
Aleph (2011)- By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept (1994), tr. Alan R. Clarke (1996)
- Manuscript Found in Accra (2012)
One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.
The Alchemist (1988), p. 128Love is the force that transforms and improves the Soul of the World.
The Alchemist (1988), p. 157.The gods throw the dice, and they don’t ask whether we want to be in the game or not.
By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept (1994)- Eleven Minutes (2003), p. 97.
The moment we begin to seek love, love begins to seek us.
And to save us.By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept (1994)- Eleven Minutes (2003), p. 97.
When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
The Alchemist (1988), p. 22; a variant of this has become attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen” — but no occurrence of this a statement has been located prior to in The Gift …Life moves very fast. It rushes from heaven to hell in a matter of seconds.
Eleven Minutes (2003), p. 9.Anyone who is in love is making love the whole time, even when they’re not.
Eleven Minutes (2003), p. 164.Lovers need to know how to lose themselves and then how to find themselves again.
By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept (1994)When we love, we always strive to become better than we are.
The Alchemist (1988)- Eleven Minutes (2003), p. 9.
