Every society needs to examine itself in relation to other societies.
PAULO FREIRE A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something...
PAULO COELHO A divided kingdom cannot defend itself from its adversaries. A divided person cannot face life in a ...
PAULO COELHO She didn't quite know what the relationship was between lunatics and the moon, but it must be a stro...
PAULO COELHO This may sound a little bit idealistic, but when I go to my blog, my Facebook page, my Twitter accou...
PAULO COELHO Once I found this possibility to use Twitter and Facebook and my blog to connect to my readers, I...
PAULO COELHO Dehumanization, although a concrete historical fact, is not a given destiny but the result of an unj...
PAULO FREIRE The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.
PAULO COELHO The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.
PAULO COELHO They went to university because someone, at a time when universities seemed important, said that in ...
PAULO COELHO There's nothing deeper than love. In fairy tales, the princesses kiss the frogs, and the frogs becom...
PAULO COELHO It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.
PAULO COELHO And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
PAULO COELHO Anyone who lives in her own world is crazy. Like schizophrenics, psychopaths, maniacs. I mean people...
PAULO COELHO When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we...
PAULO COELHO Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.
PAULO COELHO When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistake...
PAULO COELHO Ester asked why people are sad.
"That’s simple," says the old man. "They are the prisoners of...
PAULO COELHO Tears are words that need to be written.
PAULO COELHO Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should...
PAULO COELHO People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.
PAULO COELHO (On the myth of Eros)
Each time I recall this myth, I wonder: Are we never to be able to see th...
PAULO COELHO There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.
PAULO COELHO If pain must come, may it come quickly. Because I have a life to live, and I need to live it in the ...
PAULO COELHO Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.
PAULO COELHO I've been in love before, it's like a narcotic. At first it brings the euphoria of complete surrende...
PAULO COELHO None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, yet still we go forward. Because we trust. ...
PAULO COELHO Our true friends are those who are with us when the good things happen. They cheer us on and are ple...
PAULO COELHO Now that she had nothing to lose, she was free.
PAULO COELHO It is always important to know when something has reached its end. Closing circles, shutting doors, ...
PAULO COELHO My heart might be bruised, but it will recover and become capable of seeing beauty of life once more...
PAULO COELHO Don't give in to your fears. If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart.
PAULO COELHO Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has...
PAULO COELHO Anyone who is observant, who discovers the person they have always dreamed of, knows that sexual ene...
PAULO COELHO Anyone who is in love is making love the whole time, even when they're not. When two bodies meet, it...
PAULO COELHO One day you will wake up & there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wante...
PAULO COELHO Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
PAULO COELHO No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And ...
PAULO COELHO Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of sufferin...
PAULO COELHO In magic - and in life - there is only the present moment, the now. You can't measure time the way y...
PAULO COELHO All religions lead to the same God, and all deserve the same respect. Anyone who chooses a religion ...
PAULO COELHO The two hardest tests on the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the right moment and the co...
PAULO COELHO When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at ...
PAULO COELHO Love is an untamed force. When we try to control it, it destroys us. When we try to imprison it, it ...
PAULO COELHO So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.
PAULO COELHO One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.
PAULO COELHO Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exac...
PAULO COELHO I think that when we look for love courageously, it reveals itself, and we wind up attracting even m...
PAULO COELHO Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks. Perhaps this person will never be disappointed ...
PAULO COELHO We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciati...
PAULO COELHO The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can unders...
PAULO COELHO Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.
PAULO COELHO But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to los...
PAULO COELHO You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brin...
PAULO COELHO Why is patience so important?"
"Because it makes us pay attention.
PAULO COELHO Never judge a man's actions until you know his motives
PAULO COELHO No one can lie, no one can hide anything, when he looks directly into someone's eyes.
PAULO COELHO Don't allow your mind to tell your heart what to do. The mind gives up easily
PAULO COELHO Those truly committed to liberation must reject the banking concept in its entirety, adopting instea...
PAULO FREIRE The oppressed, having internalized the image of the oppressor and adopted his guidelines, are fearfu...
PAULO FREIRE You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpect...
PAULO COELHO Elegance is achieved when all that is superfluous has been discarded and the human being discovers s...
PAULO COELHO Critical and liberating dialogue, which presupposes action, must be carried on with the oppressed at...
PAULO FREIRE The more violent the storm, the quicker it passes.
PAULO COELHO Everybody is a political person, whether you say something or you are silent. A political attitude i...
PAULO COELHO When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize hi...
PAULO COELHO Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely h...
PAULO COELHO The more in harmony with yourself you are, the more joyful you are and the more faithful you are. Fa...
PAULO COELHO You're always learning. The problem is, sometimes you stop and think you understand the world. T...
PAULO COELHO Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.
PAULO COELHO Writing means sharing. It's part of the human condition to want to share things - thoughts, idea...
PAULO COELHO The good old days, when each idea had an owner, are gone forever.
PAULO COELHO You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brin...
PAULO COELHO I cry very easily. It can be a movie, a phone conversation, a sunset - tears are words waiting to be...
PAULO COELHO You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it.
PAULO COELHO No one can lie, no one can hide anything, when he looks directly into someone's eyes.
PAULO COELHO There is an afterlife. I am convinced of this.
PAULO COELHO I'm a musical theater aficionado, a.k.a. loser.
PAULO COSTANZO I can control my destiny, but not my fate. Destiny means there are opportunities to turn right or le...
PAULO COELHO Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worse kind of sufferin...
PAULO COELHO Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act.
PAULO COELHO All women have a perception much more developed than men. So all women somehow, being repressed for ...
PAULO COELHO Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one th...
PAULO COELHO I have seen many storms in my life. Most storms have caught me by surprise, so I had to learn very q...
PAULO COELHO Revolution is born as a social entity within the oppressor society.
PAULO FREIRE Everything is possible, from angels to demons to economists and politicians.
PAULO COELHO When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It's very simple.
PAULO COELHO Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever...
PAULO COELHO When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
PAULO COELHO About the idea of a clash between cultures, between civilisations, I don't believe in it. It'...
PAULO COELHO In the beginning there was only a small amount of injustice abroad in the world, but everyone who ca...
PAULO COELHO In order to have faith in his own path, he does not need to prove that someone else's path is wrong.
PAULO COELHO it’s that sense of powerlessness that destroyed my soul. i cannot be as good as i would like to be...
PAULO COELHO Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the po...
PAULO FREIRE Up until then, whenever anyone had mentioned the possibility of making a film adaptation, my answer ...
PAULO COELHO At times, I have been criticized by some philosophers of education, who place me in postures that th...
PAULO FREIRE I am not a self-help writer. I am a self-problem writer. When people read my books, I provoke some t...
PAULO COELHO Everybody has a creative potential and from the moment you can express this creative potential, you ...
PAULO COELHO So you see, Good and Evil have the same face; it all depends on when they cross the path of each ind...
PAULO COELHO It's a good idea always to do something relaxing prior to making an important decision in your life.
PAULO COELHO Just as it is important in Latin America to discuss ideas that come from North America, I think it i...
PAULO FREIRE If someone isn't what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clea...
PAULO COELHO When we turn around & come face to face with our destiny, we discover that words (spoken) are no...
PAULO COELHO When you are loved, you can do anything in creation. When you are loved, there's no need at all to u...
PAULO COELHO I am 100 per cent Virgo, stubborn, over-organised, slightly abstracted from the rest of the world.
PAULO COELHO When we meet someone and fall in love, we have a sense that the whole universe is on our side. And y...
PAULO COELHO I talk to my readers on social networking sites, but I never tell them what the book is about. Writi...
PAULO COELHO The boy continued to listen to his heart as they crossed the desert. He came to understand its dodge...
PAULO COELHO it's best to accept life as it really is and not as I imagined it to be
PAULO COELHO Reason lost the battle, and all I could do was surrender and accept I was in love.
PAULO COELHO The world speaks many languages, the boy thought
PAULO COELHO It was the pure Language of the World.It required no explanation,just as the universe needs none as ...
PAULO COELHO Don't think about what you've left behind" The alchemist said to the boy as they began to ride acros...
PAULO COELHO Maktub" (It is written.)
PAULO COELHO Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life.
PAULO COELHO If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards gett...
PAULO COELHO It was the pure Language of the World. It required no explanation, just as the universe needs none a...
PAULO COELHO You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it's better to listen to what it has to say.
PAULO COELHO When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too.
PAULO COELHO Why do we have to listen to our hearts?" the boy asked.
"Because, wherever your heart is, that ...
PAULO COELHO When each day is the same as the next, it’s because people fail to recognize the good things that ...
PAULO COELHO I don’t live in either my past or my future. I’m interested only in the present. If you can conc...
PAULO COELHO People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.
PAULO COELHO This is what we call love. When you are loved, you can do anything in creation. When you are loved, ...
PAULO COELHO I'm first and foremost a writer. I followed my personal legend, my childhood dream of becoming a...
PAULO COELHO she, with her affection and her gaiety, had been largely responsible for him having rediscovered the...
PAULO COELHO She didn't need to understand the meaning of life; it was enough to find someone who did, and then f...
PAULO COELHO A person who goes in search of God is wasting his time. He can walk a thousand roads and join many r...
PAULO COELHO At some point, we have each said through our tears, “I’m suffering for a love that’s not worth...
PAULO COELHO Jesus lived a life that was full of joy and contradictions and fights, you know? If they were to pai...
PAULO COELHO The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip; to ...
PAULO COELHO At a certain point in their existential experience, the oppressed feel an irresistible attraction to...
PAULO FREIRE I lived in a dictatorship in Brazil, and I was arrested three times. I felt in my flesh what it is t...
PAULO COELHO My connection with Brazil is so abstract. My blood and my way of thinking is Brazilian, but that'...
PAULO COELHO The only thing that relaxes me is archery. That's why I have to have apartments with gardens.
PAULO COELHO Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows.
PAULO COELHO When you write an article about anything, trolls use the comments to attack. They feel frustrated - ...
PAULO COELHO I have been practicing archery for a long time; a bow and arrow helps me to unwind.
PAULO COELHO The gigantic tension before the shooting of an arrow, and the total relaxation seconds later, is my ...
PAULO COELHO Culture makes people understand each other better. And if they understand each other better in their...
PAULO COELHO We have to stop and be humble enough to understand that there is something called mystery.
PAULO COELHO Elegance is usually confused with superficiality, fashion, lack of depth. This is a serious mistake:...
PAULO COELHO When you’re in love, you’re capable of learning everything and knowing things you had never dare...
PAULO COELHO Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what i...
PAULO COELHO but something always went wrong, and the relationship would end precisely at the moment when she was...
PAULO COELHO If you have a past with which you feel dissatisfied, then forget it, now. Imagine a new story for yo...
PAULO COELHO Human beings can withstand a week without water, two weeks without food, many years of homelessness,...
PAULO COELHO Love was a feeling completely bound up with color, like thousands of rainbows superimposed one on to...
PAULO COELHO Judging oneself to be inferior to other people was one of the worst acts of pride because it was the...
PAULO COELHO She had just realized there were two things that prevent us from achieving our dreams: believing the...
PAULO COELHO If you conquer yourself, then you conquer the world
PAULO COELHO We are travelers on a cosmic journey,stardust,swirling and dancing in the eddies and whirlpools of i...
PAULO COELHO If you want to control someone, all you have to do is to make them feel afraid.
PAULO COELHO لا شك أن الحب قادر على تغيير كل شئ فى حياة الانسان خلال �...
PAULO COELHO There is always a gap between intention and action..
PAULO COELHO When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.
PAULO COELHO Everything tells me that I am about to make a wrong decision, but making mistakes is just part of li...
PAULO COELHO No, I never saw an angel, but it is irrelevant whether I saw one or not. I feel their presence aroun...
PAULO COELHO A rose dreams of enjoying the company of bees, but none appears. The sun asks:

“Aren’...
PAULO COELHO One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving
PAULO COELHO When I'm dancing, I'm not thinking about anything. I am here. I am totally there. You know? ...
PAULO COELHO She took the pills from him, placed them in her mouth and drank the entire bottle of water. Water: i...
PAULO COELHO You're a man who has suffered and wants revenge,' she said. 'Your heart is dead, your soul is in dar...
PAULO COELHO Her heart had already been broken many times over, and yet she still believed she was destined to me...
PAULO COELHO And one more thing: you still believe that man can be good. If that weren't the case, you wouldn't h...
PAULO COELHO Life can seem short or life can seem long, depending on how you live it.
PAULO COELHO In the first place, you shouldn't believe in promises. The world is full of them: the promises of ri...
PAULO COELHO People want to change everything and, at the same time, want it all to remain the same.
PAULO COELHO Anyone who loves in the expectation of being loved in return is wasting their time.
PAULO COELHO Because you believed I was capable of behaving decently, I did.
PAULO COELHO When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.
PAULO COELHO Really important meetings are planned by the souls long before the bodies see each other.

PAULO COELHO The rain is falling ever harder and all I can hear is the sound of the water. I'm drenched but I can...
PAULO COELHO Don’t bother trying to explain your emotions. Live everything as intensely as you can and keep wha...
PAULO COELHO I write from my soul. This is the reason that critics don't hurt me, because it is me. If it was...
PAULO COELHO The world has a soul and whoever understands that soul can also understand the language of many thin...
PAULO COELHO When you were in love, you were capable of learning everything and of knowing things you had never d...
PAULO COELHO I know you don't love me. But I'm going to fight for your love. There are some things in life that a...
PAULO COELHO What interests me in life is curiosity, challenges, the good fight with its victories and defeats.
PAULO COELHO Manipulation, sloganizing, depositing, regimentation, and prescription cannot be components of revol...
PAULO FREIRE Writing is a solitary experience. I'm extremely superstitious. If I talk about the book or name ...
PAULO COELHO The book is a film that takes place in the mind of the reader. That's why we go to movies and say, "...
PAULO COELHO The srongest love is the love which is not afraid to show the weakness
PAULO COELHO ليست الحرية غياب الالتزامات، إنما القدرة على اختيار ما...
PAULO COELHO Free again, but it's just a feeling; freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to c...
PAULO COELHO No one should ever ask themselves that: why am I unhappy? The question carries within it the virus t...
PAULO COELHO I am an educator who thinks globally.
PAULO FREIRE The eyes are the mirror of the soul and reflect everything that seems to be hidden; and like a mirro...
PAULO COELHO Your eyes show the strength of your soul.
PAULO COELHO Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his ...
PAULO COELHO Defeat is for the valiant. Only they will know the honour of losing and the joy of winning
I a...
PAULO COELHO Love doesn't need to be discussed; it has its own voice and speaks for itself.
PAULO COELHO No, I'm not mistaken. I know you don't love me. But I'm going to fight for your love. There are some...
PAULO COELHO Go and get your things,' he said. 'Dreams mean work.
PAULO COELHO The moment we begin to seek love, love begins to seek us. And to save us.
PAULO COELHO We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.
PAULO COELHO All love stories are the same.
PAULO COELHO And I began to feel sorry for myself; for so many years, my drawer full of memories had held the sam...
PAULO COELHO But he was wrong. Because I had fought with my heart and defeated it long ago. I was certainly not g...
PAULO COELHO Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks. Perhaps this person will never be disappointed ...
PAULO COELHO