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Everything which is done in the present, affects the future by consequence, and the past by redemption.

Paulo Coelho

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Paulo Coelho
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: August 24
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Attacking or fleeing are part of the struggle being paralysed by fear is not.
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I don’t live in either my past or my future. I’m interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you’ll be a happy man. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we’re living now.
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Saying ‘No’ does not always show a lack of generosity and that saying ‘Yes’ is not always a virtue
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You can't measure time the way you measure the distance between two points.
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I have won important things for myself, but I'm going to destroy them, because I tell myself they have lost their meaning. I know that is not true. I know they are important, and that if I destroy them, I'll be destroying myself, as well.
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Dreaming carries no risks. The dangerous thing is trying to transform your dreams into reality.
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Even if you slept with every man on Earth, my love will still survive.
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Why is patience so important? Because it makes us pay attention.
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A boat is safe in the harbor. But this is not the purpose of a boat.
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Never talking to strangers. Saying nasty things about the neighbors.
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Comparing objects like cars, houses, clothes, and defining life according to those comparisons, instead of trying to discover the real reason for being alive.
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