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What's the world's greatest lie?... It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate.

Paulo Coelho

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Paulo Coelho
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: August 24
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From the moment we are born, people tell us that the world is like this and like that, this way, that way. It is natural that - for a certain period of time - we end up believing what we are told. But we must soon push these ideas aside and discover our own way of living reality.
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When you are moving toward an objective, said Petrus, it is very important to pay attention to the road. It is the road that teaches us the best way to get there, and the road enriches us as we walk its length.
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Sometimes the Warrior feels as if he were living two lives at once.
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The universe conspires to help the dreamer
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When I had nothing more to lose, I was given everything. When I ceased to be who I am, I found myself. When I experienced humiliation and yet kept on walking, I understood that I was free to choose my destiny.
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I don't know what to do. I only know that it's taken me years to understand that life was pushing me in a direction I didn't want to go in.
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Whatever I did, I did with love and I did with honesty.
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The srongest love is the love which is not afraid to show the weakness
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Attacking or fleeing are part of the struggle being paralysed by fear is not.
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Reason is afraid of defeat, But intuition enjoys challenges
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And so I am this pilgrim - if I can somehow answer your question - who's constantly amazed by this journey. Who is learning a new thing every single day. But who's not accumulating knowledge, because then it becomes a very heavy burden in your back. I am this person who is proud to be a pilgrim, and who's trying to honor his journey.
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She said she was neither happy nor unhappy, and that was why she couldn't go on. Each person knows the extent of their own suffering, or the total absence of meaning in their lives.
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Whenever a religion tightens it's rules, a significant number of people break away and go in search of more freedom in their search for spiritual contact.
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And to those who believe that adventures are i say try routine: it kills you far more quickly.
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I needed to choose between the one thing that really filled m thoughts-my love for that woman-and losing my freedom and all the choices that the future promised me. To be honest, the decision was easy. -Lukas Jessen-Petersen
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True wisdom consists in respecting the simple things we do
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Blaming the government for all the bad things that happen.
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In the long run what people think about shepherds and bakers becomes more important for them than their own destinies.
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one cannot judge the beauty of a path merely by looking at its entrance.
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life is the moment we're living right now.
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