Quote

What people regard as vanity—leaving great works, having children, acting in such a way as to prevent one's name from being forgotten—I regard as the highest expression of human dignity.

Paulo Coelho

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Paulo Coelho
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: August 24
Actor
Blogger
Composer
Lyricist
Novelist
Poet Lawyer
Researcher
Science Fiction Writer
Songwriter
Writer
Rio
Paulo Coelho de Souza
Acting
Forgotten
Human
Dignity
Humans
Regard
Children
Highest
Great
Works
Way
Expression
Prevent
People
Name
Vanity
Names
Leaving

More quotes by Paulo Coelho

Image
I write to empty my mind and to fill my heart.
Paulo Coelho
Image
Oddly enough I never used to suffer from depression on cold, gray, cloudy days like this. I feel as if nature is in harmony with me, that it reflected my soul.
Paulo Coelho
Image
We Learn about love by loving.
Paulo Coelho
Image
Every road i traveled led back to you
Paulo Coelho
Image
Do not seek to be loved at any price, because Love has no price.
Paulo Coelho
Image
Bodies always understand each other, even when the souls do not.
Paulo Coelho
Image
I want to be someone capable of seeing the unseen faces, of seeing those who do not seek fame or glory, who silently fulfil the role life has given them. I want to be able to do this because the most important things, those that shape our existence, are precisely the ones that never show their faces.
Paulo Coelho
Image
We must at all costs avoid saying no because people prefer those who say yes, and this allows us to survive in hostile territory.
Paulo Coelho
Image
But how will I know who my Soulmate is?” Brida felt that this was one of the most important questions she had ever asked in her life. By taking risks’ she said to Brida. ‘ By risking failure, disappointment, disillusion, but never ceasing in you search for Love. As long as you keep looking, you will triumph in the end.
Paulo Coelho
Image
Suffering occurs when we want other people to love us in the way we imagine we want to be loved, and not in the way that love should manifest itself--free and untrammeled, guiding us with its force and driving us on.
Paulo Coelho
Image
But love is much like a dam if you allow a tiny crack to form through which only a trickle of water can pass, that trickle will quickly bring down the whole structure and soon no one will be able to control the force of the current.
Paulo Coelho
Image
Leave your comfortable life and go in search of your kingdom.
Paulo Coelho
Image
Most experiences provoke a transformation in you. So, when you live something, live it fully because you never know when this is going to happen again and not only that, if it even happens again, it will not have the same impact.
Paulo Coelho
Image
The wise are wise only because they love.
Paulo Coelho
Image
Walking helps me a lot to feel alive, and I do this every single day, my wife and I. We have long conversations about nature, and we also walk silently, just contemplating.
Paulo Coelho
Image
When you know how to use it, disobedience can be a virtue.
Paulo Coelho
Image
I am love, I am music, she thinks. Let’s dance.
Paulo Coelho
Image
Some books make us dream, others bring us face to face with reality, but what matters most to the author is the honesty with which a book is written.
Paulo Coelho
Image
Our soul is governed by four invisible forces: love, death, power and time.
Paulo Coelho
Image
if a book isn't self-explanatory, then it isn't worth reading.
Paulo Coelho