Paul Coelho Quotes

“It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting”

— Paul Coelho

“Human beings can withstand a week without water, two weeks without food, many years of homelessness, but not loneliness. It is the worst of all tortures, the worst of all sufferings. We're all tormented by that same destructive feeling, the sense that no one else on the planet cared about us”

— Paul Coelho

The desert takes our dreams away from us, and they don't always return ... Those who don't return become a part of the clouds, a part of the animals that hide in the ravines and of the water that comes from the earth. They become part of everything ... They become the Soul of the World.

— Paul Coelho

“If everyone could know and live with their inner craziness ... people would be fairer and happier.”

— Paul Coelho

“You don't choose your life; it chooses you. There's no point in asking why life has reserved certain joys or griefs, you just accept them and carry on.
We can't shoos our lives, but we can decide what to do with the joys and griefs we're given.”

— Paul Coelho

Maybe the journey isn't so much about becoming anything. Maybe it's about un-becoming everything that isn't really you, so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place.

— Paul Coelho

“Human being can withstand a week without water, two weeks without food, many years of homelessness, but not loneliness. it iz the worst of all tortures,the worst of all sufferings.”

— Paul Coelho

“Women, when they kill themselves, choose far more romantic methods - like slashing their wrists or taking an overdose of sleeping pills.Abandoned princesses and Hollywood actresses have provided numerous examples of this.”

— Paul Coelho

“Who you are ... has nothing to do with what you can see happening to my body; it's what's happening to my soul.”

— Paul Coelho

“An idea only exists when someone tries to put it into practice.”

— Paul Coelho

“Don't forget that everything you deal with is only one thing and nothing else.”

— Paul Coelho

“Maktub (It is written.)”

— Paul Coelho