If you live your life intensely, you experience pleasure all
the time and don't feel the need for sex.
Paulo Coelho
Eleven Minutes. |
The art of sex is the art of controlled abandon.
Paulo Coelho
Eleven Minutes. |
Love was necessary if one was to experience pleasure in bed.
Paulo Coelho
Eleven Minutes. |
Everything that is done in the present affects the future
in the form of consequences and affects the past in the form
of redemption.
Paulo Coelho
Like the Flowing River. |
It is hereby decreed that the wall separating the sacred and
the profane be torn down. From now on everything will be sacred.
Paulo Coelho
Like the Flowing River. |
Only the following items should be considered to be grave
faults: not respecting another's rights: allowing oneself to
be paralyzed by fear; feeling guilty; believing that one does
not deserve the good or ill that happens in one's life; being
a coward. We will love our enemies, but not make alliances with
them. They were placed in our path in order to test our sword,
and we should, out of respect for them, struggle against them.
We will choose our enemies.
Paulo Coelho
Like the Flowing River. |
Every human being should keep alive within them the sacred
flame of madness, but should behave as a normal person.
Paulo Coelho
Like the Flowing River. |
Every human being has the right to search for happiness, and
by 'happiness' is meant something that makes other people feel
content.
Paulo Coelho
Like the Flowing River. |
Every human being should know two languages: the language
of society and the language of signs. One serves to communicate
with other people, the other serves to understand God's messages.
Paulo Coelho
Like the Flowing River. |
Every man has a feminine side, and every woman a masculine
side. It is important to use discipline with intuition, and
to use intuition with objectivity.
Paulo Coelho
Like the Flowing River. |
When she opened her eyes, Veronika did not think 'this must
be heaven'. Heaven would never use a fluorescent tube to light
a room, and the pain - which started a fraction of a second
later - was typical of the Earth. Ah, that Earth pain - unique,
unmistakable.
Paulo Coelho
Veronika Decides to Die. |
I'll tell everyone that the children are my reason
for living, when in reality my life is their reason for living.
Paulo Coelho
Veronika Decides to Die. |
Veronika brought her interior monologue to a close and made
a promise to herself: she would not leave Villete alive. It
was best to put an end to everything now, while she was still
brave and healthy enough to die.
Paulo Coelho
Veronika Decides to Die. |
Look me in the eye and never forget what I'm about to tell
you. There are only two prohibitions, one according to man's
law, the other according to God's. Never force a sexual relationship
on anyone, because that is considered to be rape. And never
have sexual relations with children, because that is the worst
of all sins. Apart from that, you're free. There's always someone
who wants exactly what you want.
Paulo Coelho
Veronika Decides to Die. |
The great problem with poisoning by Bitterness was that the
passions - hatred, love, despair, enthusiasm, curiosity - also
ceased to manifest themselves. After a while, the embittered
person felt no desire at all. They lacked the will either to
live or to die, that was the problem.
Paulo Coelho
Veronika Decides to Die. |
For the warrior, there is no "better" or "worse";
everyone has the necessary gifts for his particular path.
Paulo Coelho
The Manuel of the Warrior of Light. |
A warrior of light who trusts too much in his intelligence
will end up underestimating the power of his opponent.
Paulo Coelho
The Manuel of the Warrior of Light. |
A warrior of light who trusts too much in his intelligence
will end up underestimating the power of his opponent.
Paulo Coelho
The Manuel of the Warrior of Light. |
All you have to do is to pay attention: lessons always arrive
when you are ready, and if you can read the signs, you will
learn everything you need to know in order to take the next
step.
Paulo Coelho
The Zahir. |
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.
Paulo Coelho
The Zahir. |
We can let the energy of love flow instead of placing it in
a jar and leaving it aside.
Paulo Coelho
The Zahir. |
We need to forget what we think we are, so that we can really
become what we are.
Paulo Coelho
The Zahir. |
No one is alone during tribulations - there's always someone
else thinking, rejoicing or suffering in the same way. This
thought gives us strength to face the challenge that lies in
front of us.
Paulo Coelho
The Zahir. |
The parents always insisted on telling their child that their
secret friends didn't exist - perhaps because they had forgotten
that they too had spoken to their angel at one time. Or, who
knows, perhaps they thought they lived in a world where there
was no longer any place for angels. Disenchanted, the angels
had returned to God's side, knowing that they could no longer
impose their presence.
Paulo Coelho
The Valkyries. |
Perhaps they needn't even believe - it was enough that they
needed angels, and the angels would return gladly.
Paulo Coelho
The Valkyries. |
Faith is difficult to conquer and requires daily battles if
it is to be maintained.
Paulo Coelho
The Valkyries. |
Choosing one path means abandoning others - if you try to
follow every possible path you will end up following none.
Paulo Coelho
Brida. |
The path to wisdom is not being afraid to make mistakes.
Paulo Coelho
Brida. |
When you find your way you cannot be scared. You need to be
brave enough to take wrong steps. The deceptions, failures,
lack of enthusiasm, are tools that God places in our way to
reveal the path.
Paulo Coelho
Brida. |
Face your path with courage, don't be scared of people's criticism.
And, above all, don't let yourself get paralyzed by your own
criticism.
Paulo Coelho
Brida. |
It's necessary to take risks, and to follow certain paths
whilst abandoning others. No one is able to choose without fear.
Paulo Coelho
Brida. |
Every time you wish something, keep your eyes wide open, focus
and know exactly what you want. No one hits the target with
eyes closed.
Paulo Coelho
The Devil and Miss Prym. |
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