Paulo Coelho

“Everything depends on One Word : "Maktub" !”

“If a person is living out his Personal Legend, he knows everything he needs to know. There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”

“A person who goes in search of God is wasting his time. He can walk a thousand roads and join many religions and sects–but he'll never find God that way. God is here, right now, at our side. We can see Him in this mist, in the ground we're walking on, even in my shoes. His angels keep watch while we sleep and help us in our work. In order to find God, you have only to look around. But meeting Him is not easy. The more God asks us to participate in Hismysteries, the more disoriented we become, because He asks us constantly tofollow our dreams and our hearts. And that's difficult to do when we're used to living in a different way. Finally we discover, to our surprise, that God wants us to be happy, because He is the father.”

“Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act.”

“You can either be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It all depends on how you view your life.”

“Men dream more about coming home than about leaving.”

“People are very reluctant to talk about their private lives but then you go to the internet and they're much more open.”

“Twitter is my bar. I sit at the counter and listen to the conversations, starting others, feeling the atmosphere.”

“Writing means sharing. It's part of the human condition to want to share things - thoughts, ideas, opinions.”

“Going after what I believe in.”

“To realize one's destiny is a person's only real obligation.”

“Our true friends are those who are with us when the good things happen. They cheer us on and are pleased by our triumphs. False friends only appear at difficult times, with their sad, supportive faces, when, in fact, our suffering is serving to console them for their miserable lives.”

“And what went wrong when other alchemists tried to make gold and were unable to do so?""They were looking only for gold his companion answered. They were seeking the treasure of their personal legend, without wanting actually to live out the personal legend.”

“I am 100 per cent Virgo, stubborn, over-organised, slightly abstracted from the rest of the world.”

“Ever since time began, people have recognized their true Love by the light in their eyes.”

“You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it's better to listen to what it has to say.”

“God, I am trying to recover my faith. Please don't abandon me in the middle ofthis adventure, I prayed, pushing my fears aside.”

“There is an afterlife. I am convinced of this.”

“Your answer is the logical, coherent answer an absolutely normal person would give: It's a tie! A lunatic, however, would say that what I have around my neck is a ridiculous, useless bit of colored cloth tied in a very complicated way, which makes it harder to get air into your lungs and difficult to turn your neck. I have to be careful when I'm anywhere near a fan, or I could be strangled by this bit of cloth.If a lunatic were to ask me what this tie is for, I would have to say, absolutely nothing. It's not even purely decorative, since nowadays it's become a symbol of slavery, power, aloofness. The only really useful function a tie serves is the sense of relief when you get home and take it off; you feel as if you've freed yourself from something, though quite what you don't know.”

“Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey.”