Paulo Coelho

Anyone who has lost something they thought was theirs forever finally comes to realise that nothing really belongs to them. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#loss #posessions #transience #nothing

What's the world's greatest lie?... It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#inspirational

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. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#mentoring #teacher #inspirational

How much I missed, simply because I was afraid of missing it. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#life #opportunity #life

Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#explain #gossip #life #people #public-opinion

The strongest love is the love that can demonstrate its fragility. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#love #vulnerability #love

If someone isn't what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#opinions #idea

Certain things in life simply have to be experienced -and never explained. Love is such a thing. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#life

When each day is the same as the next, it’s because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day that the sun rises. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#inspirational

I’ve learned that waiting is the most difficult bit, and I want to get used to the feeling, knowing that you’re with me, even when you’re not by my side. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#you #learn