Paulo Coelho, By The River Piedra I Sat Down And Wept Quotes
Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows.
In real life, love has to be possible. Even if it is not returned right away, love can only survive when the hope exists that you will be able to win over the person you desire.
Break the glass, please, and free us from all these damned rules, from needing to find an explanation for everything, from doing only what others approve of.
In fairy tales, the princesses kiss the frogs, and the frogs become princes. In real life, the pricesses kiss princes, and the princes turn into frogs.
Love can only be found through the act of loving.
The spiritual path can only be traveled through the daily experience of love.
But how to explain suffering because of a man? It's not explainable. With that kind of suffering, a person feels as if they're in hell, because there is no nobility, no greatness - only misery.
If we are alone, we become more alone. Life is strange
That was a matter suspended between heaven and earth, awaiting the hand of destiny.
It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think yours is the only path.
God, in his infinite wisdom, hid Hell in the middle of Paradise, to keep us on our toes.
All this was new to me. Life takes us by surprise and orders us to move towards the unknown - even when we don't want to and we think we don't need to.
I know you don't love me. But I'm going to fight for your love. There are some things in life that are worth fighting for the end. You are worth it.
These are people who accept the fire of the Holy Spirit, ' he said, 'the fire that is left behind but that is used by so few people to light their candles.
But it’s better to lose some of the battles in the struggle for your dreams than to be defeated without ever even knowing what you’re fighting for
Remember that human wisdom is madness in the eyes of God. But if we listen to the child who lives in our soul, our eyes will grow bright.
It's better to lose some of battles in the struggle for your dreams than to be defeated without ever even knowing what you're fighting for.
At any given moment in our lives, there are certain things that could have happened but didn't. The magic momentsgo unrecognized, and then suddenly, the hand of destiny changes everything.
There's nothing deeper than love. In fairy tales, the princesses kiss the frogs, and the frogs become princes. In real life, the princesses kiss princes, and the princes turn into frogs.
God, I am trying to recover my faith. Please don't abandon me in the middle ofthis adventure, I prayed, pushing my fears aside.
A divided kingdom cannot defend itself from its adversaries. A divided person cannot face life in a dignified way.
Go and get your things, ' he said. 'Dreams mean work.
Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.
We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation.
