Life is always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act.

Paulo Coelho

Paulo Coelho

Profession: Novelist
Nationality: Brazilian


Life is always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act. Paulo Coelho

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There is a legend that everything that falls into the waters of this river -- leaves, insects, the feathers of birds -- is transformed into the rocks that make the riverbed. If only I could tear out my heart and hurl it into the current, then my pain and longing would be over, and I could finally forget.

She should have allowed herself to be a little crazier.

Our dreams are our own, and only we can know the effort required to keep them alive.

Never give up. When your heart becomes tired, just walk with your legs - but move on.

In the anteroom of death.

There is always a gap between intention and action..

A mental hospital, insanity, an insane asylum, where people were not ashamed to say that they were crazy, where no one stopped doing something they were enjoying just to be nice to others.

Now, i'm beginning what I could have started ten years ago. But I'm happy at least that I didn't wait twenty years.

The boy and his heart had become friends, and neither was capable now of betraying the other.

True wisdom consists in respecting the simple things we do.

I don't see why I should bother to look for someone who never took the trouble to love me.

On your journey to your dream, be ready to face oasis and deserts. In both cases, don't stop.

How does light enter a house? If the windows are open. How does light enter a human? If the door of love is open.

I think that was the happiest time of her life. She was fighting for something, she felt alive and capable of responding to the challenges facing her.