Don’t waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.
PAULO COELHODon’t waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.
PAULO COELHODon’t be intimidated by other people’s opinions. Only mediocrity is sure of itself, so take risks and do what you really want to do.
PAULO COELHOStay mad, but behave like normal people. Run the risk of being different, but learn to do so without attracting attention.
PAULO COELHOIt is always important to know when something has reached its end.
PAULO COELHONothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
PAULO COELHOPassion makes a person stop eating, sleeping, working, feeling at peace.
PAULO COELHOIt’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.
PAULO COELHOIt takes a huge effort to free yourself from memory.
PAULO COELHOA child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires
PAULO COELHOThis is what we call love. When you are loved, you can do anything in creation. When you are loved, there’s no need at all to understand what’s happening, because everything happens within you.
PAULO COELHOWhat is a teacher? I’ll tell you: it isn’t someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to give of her best in order to discover what she already knows.
PAULO COELHONo matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn’t know it.
PAULO COELHOLife always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant.
PAULO COELHOIt was the pure Language of the World. It required no explanation, just as the universe needs none as it travels through endless time.
PAULO COELHOEvery blessing ignored becomes a curse.
PAULO COELHOYou are what you believe yourself to be.
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