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I'm like everyone else—I see the world in terms of what I would like to see happen, not what actually does.

Paulo Coelho

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Paulo Coelho
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: August 24
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My turning point was my pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. It was then that I, who had dedicated most of my life to penetrate the 'secrets' of the universe, realized that there are no secrets. Life is and will always be a mystery.
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When we're interested in something, everything around us appears to refer to it (the mystics call these phenomena signs, the sceptics coincidence, and psychologists concentrated focus, although I've yet to find out what term historians should use).
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Enjoy your magic moment today. As it will not be here tomorrow.
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The person who is right is the person who is the strongest, in this case, paradoxically, it's the cowards who are the brave ones, and they manage to impose their ideas on everyone else.
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He also knows the importance of intuition.
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Perhaps they needn't even believe - it was enough that they needed angels, and the angels would return gladly.
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There is only one sin - lack of love. Be brave, be capable of loving, even if love seems a terrible and treacherous thing. Find joy in love. Find joy in victory. Follow the dictates of your heart.
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I can speak to my soul only when the two of us are off exploring deserts or cities or mountains or roads.
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...he learned the most important part of the language that all the world spoke-the language that everyone on earth was capable of understanding in their heart. It was love.
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But love is always new. Regardless of whether we love once, twice, or a dozen times in our life, we always face a brand-new situation.
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Life can seem short or life can seem long, depending on how you live it.
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Changes happen when we go against everything we're used to doing.
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Outer beauty is inner beauty made visible, and it manifests itself in the light that flows in our eyes.
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Love one another, but let’s try not to possess one another.
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Spending years studying at university only to find out at the end of it all that you're unemployable.
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Give yourself freedom to try out new things Don't be so set in your ways that you can't grow.
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You will be loved and respected only if you love and respect yourself.
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Well, by accepting that sex is a physical manifestation of God, and that is not a sin-it is a blessing.
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Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
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Only cowards hide behind silence.
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