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  • We are always trying to convert people to a belief in our own explanation of the universe. We think that the more people there are who believe as we do, the more certain it will be that what we believe is the truth. But it doesn't work that way at all.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Paulo Coelho Quotes , Believe Quotes , Thinking Quotes
  • When I had my sheep, I was happy, and I made those around me happy. People saw me coming and welcomed me, he thought. But now I'm sad and alone. I'm going to become bitter and distrustful of people because one person betrayed me. I'm going to hate those who have found their treasure because I never found mine. And I'm going to hold on to what little I have, because I'm too insignificant to conquer the world.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Paulo Coelho Quotes , Broken Heart Quotes , Hate Quotes
  • Our imagination is larger than the world around us; we go beyond our limits. This used to be called 'witchcraft,' but fortunately things have changed, otherwise we would both already have been burned at the stake. When they stopped burning women, science found an explanation for our behavior, normally referred to as 'female hysteria.' We don't get burned anymore, but it does cause problems, especially in the workplace. But don't worry, eventually they'll call it 'wisdom.'
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Paulo Coelho Quotes , Hysteria Quotes , Imagination Quotes
  • Culture makes people understand each other better. And if they understand each other better in their soul, it is easier to overcome the economic and political barriers. But first they have to understand that their neighbour is, in the end, just like them, with the same problems, the same questions.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Paulo Coelho Quotes , People Quotes , Political Quotes
  • No one wants their life thrown into chaos. That is why a lot of people keep that threat under control, and are somehow capable of sustaining a house or a structure that is already rotten. They are the engineers of the superseded
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Paulo Coelho Quotes , Love Quotes , People Quotes
  • When I was 40, I wrote my first book, The Pilgrimage, and I said to myself, "why did it take so long for me to write this book?" Because my dream, since I was 10 years old, was to be a writer. I said, I have to revisit my life using a metaphor, and the metaphor was basically this boy that has a dream and has to go far away to realize that his dream is close to him.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Paulo Coelho Quotes , Dream Quotes , Book Quotes