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The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better. -- The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho

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Paulo Coelho
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: August 24
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The language of enthusiasm, of things accomplished with love and purpose, and as part of a search for something believed in and desired.
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Not everyone can see his dreams come true in the same way.
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Most of my young years were spent under the boots of the military.
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A Warrior of the Light cannot always choose his battlefield.
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When life makes us face difficult situations-such as a personal loss-we have to understand that eternity is taking one more step.
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Enthusiasm is the force that leads us to the final victory.
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The great problem with poisoning by Bitterness was that the passions - hatred, love, despair, enthusiasm, curiosity - also ceased to manifest themselves. After a while, the embittered person felt no desire at all. They lacked the will either to live or to die, that was the problem.
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She [the Virgin Mary] was normal. She had already had other children. The Bible tells us that Jesus had two brothers. Virginity, as it relates to Jesus, is based on a different thing: Mary initiated a new generation of grace. A new era began. She is the cosmic bride, Earth, which opens to the heavens and allows itself to be fertilized.
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What 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.
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When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change.
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If his decision is correct, he will win the battle, even if it lasts longer than expected. If his decision is wrong, he will be defeated and he will have to start all over again-only this time with more wisdom. But once he has started, a warrior of the light perseveres until the end.
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In order to arrive you must follow the signs. God inscribed on the world the path that each man must follow. It is just a matter of reading the inscription He wrote for you.
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I # forgive not because I became a saint, but because I'm tired of hating.
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I lived in a dictatorship in Brazil, and I was arrested three times. I felt in my flesh what it is to live under such a regime and experience deprivation of freedom.
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We must buy jewelry it identifies us with our tribe, just as body piercing identifies those of a different tribe.
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What good is money to you if you're going to die? It's not often that money can save someone's life.
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Only when l know, the truth will set me free!
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For the warrior of light there are no ends, only means. Life carries him from unknown to unknown. Each moment is filled with this thrilling mystery: the warrior does not know where he came from or where he is going.
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Everything on Earth is being continuously transformed.
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A great pleasure in life is to do what they say you can't.
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