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You need to change yourself. The moment that you change yourself it is a gigantic step. And this is what I do. The book is much more important than the writer.

Paulo Coelho

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Paulo Coelho
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: August 24
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But when he thought to complain about the burden of its weight, he remembered that, because he had the jacket, he had withstood the cold of the dawn. We have to be prepared for change, he thought, and he was grateful for the jacket's weight and warmth. The jacket had a purpose, and so did the boy.
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The soil needs the seed and the seed needs the soil. The one only has meaning with the other. It is the same thing with human beings. When male knowledge joins with female transformation, then the great magical union is created, and its name is wisdom. Wisdom means both to know and to transform.
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Love is an unconditional commitment to an imperfect person. To love somebody isn`t just a strong feeling. It is a decision, a judgment, and a promise.
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of all the weapons of destruction that man could invent, the most terrible-and the most powerful-was the word. Daggers and spears left traces of blood arrows could be seen at a distance. Poisons were detected in the end and avoided. But the word managed to destroy without leaving clues.
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Life is like a garden, you reap what you sow
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There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them. But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there.
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You should paint those visions of paradise rather than just talking about them.
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God judges a tree by its fruits and not by its roots.
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If you have a dream , don't waste your energies explaining why.
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For those that were never wounded by love, they will never be able to say: “I lived”. Because they haven’t.
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A man's dignity isn't measured by the people he has around him when he's at the peak of his success, but by his ability not to forget those who helped him when his need was greatest.
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The universe always helps us fight for our dreams, no matter how foolish they may be.
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We must be amusing at all times and sneer at those who express their real feelings it's dangerous for a tribe to allow its members to show their feelings.
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Insanity is to behave like someone that you are not.
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Each human being has his or her own sexual identity and should be able to exercise that identity without guilt as long as they do not force that sexual identity on others.
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Without solitude, Love will not stay long by your side.
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I don't know if the books are making the world a much better place. I don't write with that objective. What I know is that I see my readers creating a critical mass so we can at least understand this world in a different way.
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During any dance to which we surrender with joy, the brain loses it's controlling power, and the heart takes up the reins of the body.
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To each of man's ages the Lord gives its own anxieties.
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How can we be so arrogant? The planet is, was, and always will be stronger than us. We can't destroy it if we overstep the mark, the planet will simply erase us from its surface and carry on existing. Why don't they start talking about not letting the planet destroy us?
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