Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.
PAULO COELHODon’t think about what you’ve left behind.
More Paulo Coelho Quotes
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Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows.
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If you start by promising what you don’t even have yet, you’ll lose your desire to work towards getting it.
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We have to take love where we find it, even if that means hours, days, weeks of disappointment and sadness.
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When someone leaves, it’s because someone else is about to arrive.
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People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.
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The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.
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Forgive but do not forget, or you will be hurt again. Forgiving changes the perspectives. Forgetting loses the lesson.
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Love is always new. Regardless of whether we love once, twice, or a dozen times in our life.
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How much I missed, simply because I was afraid of missing it.
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Don’t bother trying to explain your emotions. Live everything as intensely as you can and keep whatever you felt as a gift from God.
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Passion makes a person stop eating, sleeping, working, feeling at peace.
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Tears are words that need to be written.
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I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It’s all a question of how I view my life.
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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.
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Anyone who has lost something they thought was theirs forever finally comes to realise that nothing really belongs to them.
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The strongest love is the love that can demonstrate its fragility.
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Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed.
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Our true friends are those who are with us when the good things happen.
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Behind the mask of ice that people wear, there beats a heart of fire.
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Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself.
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It was the pure Language of the World. It required no explanation, just as the universe needs none as it travels through endless time.
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We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation.
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Love is an untamed force. When we try to control it, it destroys us. When we try to imprison it, it enslaves us. When we try to understand it, it leaves us feeling lost and confused.
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Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.
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Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.
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People want to change everything and, at the same time, want it all to remain the same.
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