Quote

... but the greatest wisdom is blinded by the glare of vanity.

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
Wisdom
Life
Glare
Blinded
Vanity
Inspiration
Greatest

More quotes by Paulo Coelho

Image
The most powerful hallucinogen in this planet is called Love. Highly Addictive! You will see and hear things that don't exist!
Paulo Coelho
Image
The same goes for envy, anger and insults - said the master. - When they are not accepted, they continue to belong to the one who carried them.
Paulo Coelho
Image
Twitter is my bar. I sit at the counter and listen to the conversations, starting others, feeling the atmosphere.
Paulo Coelho
Image
If you want to understand love, first learn about freedom.
Paulo Coelho
Image
For a writer you have to be interested in different cultures, different backgrounds. You are not there to write only about your village. You're there to show a bit of your village, but also to understand other villages.
Paulo Coelho
Image
If you want to achieve your objectives, you have to be prepared for a daily dose of pain or discomfort. At first, it's unpleasant and demotivating, but in time you come to realise that it's part of the process of feeling good, and the moment arrives when, if you don't feel pain, you have a sense that the exercises aren't having the desired effect.
Paulo Coelho
Image
Fashion may renew itself every six months but one thing remains the same: bouncers always wear black.
Paulo Coelho
Image
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.
Paulo Coelho
Image
If you act like a victim, you are likely to be treated as one.
Paulo Coelho
Image
Close cycles. Not because of pride or arrogance, but because that no longer fits your life
Paulo Coelho
Image
Evil had to manifest itself and fulfill its role, so that ultimately Good could prevail. [...] Evil needs to manifest itself, for them to understand the value of Good.
Paulo Coelho
Image
Only children believe they're capable of everything.
Paulo Coelho
Image
Faith is difficult to conquer and requires daily battles if it is to be maintained.
Paulo Coelho
Image
Coincidence is the language of the stars, for something to happen, so many forces have to be put into action.
Paulo Coelho
Image
Defeat ends when we launch into another battle. Failure has no end: it is a lifetime choice.
Paulo Coelho
Image
A brush with death always helps us to live our lives better.
Paulo Coelho
Image
The glory of the world is transitory, and we should not measure our lives by it, but by the choice we make to follow our personal legend, to believe in our utopias, and to fight for our dreams.
Paulo Coelho
Image
The night is just a part of the day
Paulo Coelho
Image
Success is falling down 7 times but getting up 8!
Paulo Coelho
Image
To love is to lose control.
Paulo Coelho