Great Throughts Treasury

This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.

Paulo Coelho

Brazilian Lyricist and Novelist

"Live. If you live, god will live with you. If you refuse to run his risks, he'll retreat to that distant heaven and be merely a subject for philosophical speculation."

"Loneliness, when accepted, becomes a gift that will lead us to find a purpose in life."

"Look for people who are not afraid of making mistakes and who, therefore, commit. For this reason, do not have their work mostly estimated, but they are precisely the type of people who change the world... after a lot of mistakes, doing something completely change their society."

"Look around. And don't get close to people who make you suffer."

"Long since, the desert wind wiped away our footprints in the sand. But at every second of my existence, I remember what happened, and you still walk in my dreams and in my reality. Thank you for having crossed my path."

"Living as human being and as a divinity. Moving from tension into relaxation, from relaxation into trance, from trance into a more intense contact with other people. From that contact back into tension and so on, like The Serpent swallowing its own tail."

"Looking for a light and evade its consequences could not find enlightenment."

"Lord hear the prayers of those who want to escape from hate, but remain deaf to ask those who are wary of love."

"Looking for great things in your life? Asks the prophet. Seek them not. Why? Because there is no greatness in things. Things cannot be larger than themselves. The only greatness there is delivery provided by Love"

"Lord, protect our decisions, because making Decision is a way of praying. Give us the courage after our doubts, to be able to choose between one road and another. May our YES always be a YES and our NO always be a NO. Once we have chosen our road, may we never look back nor allow our soul to be eaten away by remorse. And in order for this to be possible."

"Lord, help me understand that all the good things in life that happen to me do so because I deserve them. Help me understand that what moves me to seek out Your truth is the same force the moved the saints, and the doubts I have are the same doubts that the saints had, and my frailties are the same frailties. Help me to be humble enough to accept that I am no different from other people. Amen."

"Love - a solid tricks and traps. When she wants to make themselves known, it only shows its light and shadows generated by it - hides and hides."

"Lord's mercy is endless, and the unbearable cruelty toward those who lacked the courage and defiance."

"Love accepts its companion unconditionally and allow each to grow in his or her own way."

"Love conquers always what we call death. Therefore, you do not need in order to grieve on our loved ones, we will continue to love them and will continue our proximity they cannot, but if you allow them we creators and are created in that, but we also puppets in the hands of God, and there is a limit we cannot skip it, pretty graphic for reasons we cannot know."

"Lose what? A man only has a soul to be won or lost; apart from his life, he has nothing. Past or future lives do not matter - at the moment you are living this one, and you should do so with silent comprehension, joy and enthusiasm. What you must not lose is your enthusiasm."

"Love always triumphs over what we call death. That's why there's no need to grieve for our loved ones, because they continue to be loved and remain by our side."

"Love can only be found through the act of loving."

"Love can consign us to hell or to paradise, but it always takes us somewhere."

"Love appears and says: You think you're heading towards a specific point, but the whole justification for the goal's existence lies in your love for it. Rest a little, but as soon as you can, get up and carry on. Because ever since your goal found out that you were traveling toward it, it has been running to meet you."

"Love can take you to heaven or hell, but it will always take you somewhere."

"Love cannot be found in other people right in our own; we simply awaken it alone. But to do that, we need one another. This universe only makes sense when we have someone to share the emotions."

"Love can never be defined."

"Love does not ask many questions, because if we start thinking began to be afraid. It's an inexplicable fear, and not worth trying to translate it into words. It may be the fear of scorn, not to be accepted, to break the spell. It seems ridiculous, but true. So no wonder: it acts. As you yourself have said many times, the risks are taken."

"Love creates bridges where it would seem they were impossible."

"Love does not mean staying in the case of inertia is also significant in the desert does not mean roaming in the world do not like the wind and do not see everything as remote doing? for the spirit world and to improve, I'm from we nourish the spirit world and will land on which we live better or worse depending on our case and we are here to interfere with the power of love when we love we always want better than we are"

"Love doesn't need to be discussed; it has its own voice and speaks for itself."

"Love fills everything. It cannot be desired because it is an end in itself. It cannot betray because it has nothing to do with possession. It cannot be held prisoner because it is a river and will overflow its banks. Anyone who tries to imprison love will cut off the spring that feeds it, and the trapped water will grow stagnant."

"Love does not to be understood. It needs only to be shown."

"Losing a battle or losing everything we thought we possessed will bring us moments of sadness, but when those moments pass, we will discover the hidden strength that exists in each of us, a strength that will surprise us and increase our self-respect."

"Love is a trap. When it appears, we can only see its light, not its shadows."

"Love does not stand as the desert, or travel the world like the wind, and see everything from a distance, like you. Love is the force that transforms and improves the Soul of the World."

"Love has never prevented a man from following his dreams. If she truly loves you, she will want the best for you. And anyway, you do not have a woman whom you love; the woman is not yours. What is yours is the energy of love, which you aim at her. You can do that from anywhere."

"Love is a wild force. When we try to control it, it destroys us. When we try to imprison it, it enslaves us. When we try to understand it, leaves us lost and confused."

"Love is also a mysterious thing: the more we share it, the more it multiplies."

"Love is always new. Regardless of whether we love once, twice, or a dozen times in our life, we always face a brand-new situation."

"Love is an act of faith in another person, not an act of surrender."

"Love is always new. No matter that we love once, twice, ten times in life we are always in a situation we do not know. Love can take us to hell or to paradise, but it always takes us somewhere. We must accept it as it is the food of our existence."

"Love is always new. It makes no difference if we like once or two or three times in our lives. We always find ourselves in front of the position is unknown; love may lead us to hell or to paradise, but it always leads us to somewhere."

"Love is an act of faith, not an exchange. Contradictions are what make love grow. Conflicts are what allow love to remain by our side."

"Love is born of contradictory natures. In contradiction of love grow strongly. In the collision and transformation, saves Love."

"Love is an untamed force. When we try to control it, it destroys us. When we try to imprison it, it enslaves us. When we try to understand it, it leaves us feeling lost and confused."

"Love is free and is not ruled by our will or by what we do."

"Love is full of traps. When he wants to show, reveal only their light, not a glimpse of the shadows that the light causes."

"Love is fused with our loved ones and find the spark of God in him."

"Love is great. Being loved is wonderful. But to be loved by the person we love is Paradise."

"Love is just a further impetus, not something that will prevent us going forward. We do not realize that those who genuinely wish us well want us to be happy and are prepared to accompany us on that journey."

"Love is like a narcotic. At first it brings the euphoria of complete surrender. The next day, you want more. You?re not addicted yet, but you like the sensation, and you think you can still control things. You think about the person you love for two minutes, and forget them for three hours. But then you get used to that person, and you begin to be completely dependent on them. Now you think about him for three hours and forget him for two minutes. If he?s not there, you feel like an addict who can?t get a fix. And just as addicts steal and humiliate themselves to get what they need, you?re willing to do anything for love."

"Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning."

"Love does not prevent the man from the follow-up his myth personal but if that happens it is because of this love is not true love, who speaks the language of the world."