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

"Sometimes the Warrior of Light behaves like water and flows between the obstacles it encounters. At certain times, to resist is to be destroyed. Then he adapts to the circumstances."

"Sometimes there's just no way to hold back the river."

"Sometimes we win and sometimes we lose , don't expect anything to get back."

"Sometimes war is necessary in order that we can finally find peace. Sometimes fear is necessary for the soul to find its path again."

"Sometimes we are prone to feeling sad we do not have to overcome it. We recognize that magical moment of that day are gone, and did not do anything. Then concealing the mystique of life and art."

"Sometimes you have to travel a long way to find what is near."

"Sometimes, certain of God?s blessings arrive by shattering all the windows."

"Sometimes you may find yourself completely alone contemplate the beautiful sunset and think... this beauty has no value because no one shared by him. In times like those you should ask: How many times have you wanted was to love and ran away? How many times have eased that the man approaching him what to say with confidence that you love him?"

"Sometimes you have to travel far to find what is near."

"Sometimes, we need to be strangers to ourselves. Then the hidden light in our soul will illuminate what we need to see."

"Sometimes, we are so attached to our way of life that we turn down a wonderful opportunity simply because we don't know what to do with it."

"Sometimes, you get no second chance and that its best to accept the gifts the world offers you."

"Somewhere you are holding the person I love, the boy said. So, when I look out over your sands, I am also looking at her. I want to return to her, and I need your help so that I can turn myself into the wind."

"Sorrows do not last forever when we are journeying towards the thing we have always wanted."

"Spiritual Growth comes not always accompanied by wisdom."

"Sponsors such as sailors and metal itinerant traders, when they stayed in the city, find, always, of fun roaming freely in the world."

"Spirit world in dire need of your happiness."

"Speaking in the usual way, these meetings occur when we move to a boundary, when we need to die and be reborn emotionally. These meetings are waiting for us, but on a regular basis, we have to avoid them. Even if we do despair, if we do not have anything to lose, or if we are full of enthusiasm for life, they themselves are revealing unknown and our world are changing direction. Everybody knows how to love, because we are all born with the gift of love. Some people have natural talent in this area, but most of us have to learn again, to remember how to love, and every person, without exception, should have lit the fire of good feelings past, to relive the joy and sorrow, ups and downs, until they can see the connection string still exists behind each new confrontation; because there is always a connection string like that. And then, our bodies learn to speak the language of the soul, still known as sex, that's what I can give to the man who bring the soul back to me, even though he does not know he's important to like my life. That's what he asked for me and that's what he'll be; I want him to be happy, very happy."

"Spirit is compatible behave the same way that we take, even if only for a few moments, because those moments bring with them a strong love, justifies the existence of the rest of our lives."

"Still, being fragile creatures, humans always try to hide from themselves the certainty that they will die. They do not see that it is death itself that motivates them to do the best things in their lives. They are afraid to step into the dark, afraid of the unknown, and their only way of conquering that fear is to ignore the fact that their days are numbered. They do not see that with an awareness of death, they would be able to be even more daring, to go much further in their daily conquests, because then they would have nothing to lose- for death itself is inevitable."

"Stay mad, but behave like normal people. Run the risk of being different, but learn to do so without attracting attention."

"Stay close to those who sing, tell stories, and enjoy life, and whose eyes sparkle with happiness. Because happiness is contagious and will always manage to find a solution, whereas logic can find only an explanation for the mistake made."

"Stop being yourself and become who you always wanted to be."

"Stop turning on your emotional television to watch the same program over and over again, the one that shows how much you suffered from a certain loss: that is only poisoning you, nothing else. Nothing is more dangerous than not accepting love relationships that are broken off, work that is promised but there is no starting date, decisions that are always put off waiting for the ideal moment. Before a new chapter is begun, the old one has to be finished: tell yourself that what has passed will never come back. Remember that there was a time when you could live without that thing or that person - nothing is irreplaceable, a habit is not a need. This may sound so obvious, it may even be difficult, but it is very important. Closing cycles. Not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because that no longer fits your life. Shut the door, change the record, clean the house, shake off the dust. Stop being who you were, and change into who you are."

"Stop it, to constantly believe that you disturb someone! When people feel disturbed, they will say it already! And if they do not have the courage to do, that's their problem!"

"Stop thinking about life and choose to live it."

"Stop the magician middle of the square, and come out of his pocket three oranges and kept playing them in the air. Flying people around him for his skill and lightness of his hand - he said one of them. Thus is the life we always have orange in both hands ... and a third in the air. But the third is the whole story! I threw statesmanship and therefore rotates in its orbit. We all like this magician's take a dream in this world, but we do not control it never 0 in times such as those that must know how to leave yourself in the hands of God and ask. Perhaps the dream is going in the right orbit and back - to your hands."

"Strange - says to himself, the warrior. - I met a set of people who as soon as possible tried to show itself from the evil one hand. For warlike pressure they hide inner strength; fear of loneliness pose under the guise of independence. They do not believe in their own capabilities, but in all corners shouting about their virtues and merits. Warrior sees these properties of the many men and women who have known. But never under-he is given the hype, do not trust the first impression, and if it is willing to impress or interest, stubbornly silent. But he always uses every opportunity to correct their shortcomings, because as in a mirror sees himself in other people."

"Stop thinking all the time that you're in the way, that you're bothering the person next to you. If people don't like it, they can complain. And if they don't have courage to complain, that's their problem."

"Success is both an addiction and an enslavement."

"Such are the lives of those who haven?t the courage to risk: solutions are generously provided by God, but people always seek complicated explanations, and end up doing nothing."

"Success doesn't not come from having one's work recognized by others. It is the fruit of a seed that you lovingly planted."

"Success does not come from having one's work recognized by others. It is the fruit of a seed that you lovingly planted."

"Suffering arises when we expect others to love us in the way we imagine and not in the way that love should manifest, free, uncontrolled, ready to guide us with his strength and prevent us to stop."

"Suffering occurs when we want other people to love us in the way we imagine we want to be loved, and not in the way that love should manifest itself--free and untrammeled, guiding us with its force and driving us on."

"Suffering comes from desire, not from pain."

"Suffering when cannot be avoided, is to help your way to glory... all rivers flow into the same sea."

"Sunset is always beautiful when the sky has clouds of different shapes because it can affect all the colors that make up the dreams and poems of the poet."

"Take these, said the old man, holding out a white stone and a black stone that had been embedded at the center of the breastplate. They are called Urim and Thummim. The black signifies 'yes,' and the white 'no.' When you are unable to read the omens, they will help you to do so. Always ask an objective question."

"Take in your memory for the rest of your life, the positive things that have arisen in the midst of difficulties. They will be proof of your abilities and you will restore confidence in front of all obstacles."

"Take your passion and enjoy intensely."

"Taking young man envied the freedom of the wind, and realized that nothing prevents him to be like them."

"Talent is a universal gift, but it takes a lot of courage to use it. Don't be afraid to be the best."

"Tears are words that need to be shed. Without them, joy loses all its brilliance and sadness has no end."

"Teaching is only demonstrating that it is possible. Learning is making it possible for yourself."

"Tears the soul's blood, said one, now I saw was because of a tunnel has entered history was going, and he people of God bestowed on the most sacred prayer reads like his folded hands there waiting for me."

"Tell your story: Yes, tell your story. Show your example. Tell everyone it's possible, and others shall feel the courage, to climb their own mountains."

"Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second?s encounter with God and with eternity."

"Telling the truth and making someone cry is better than telling a lie and making someone smile."

"Temptation said that we all dream of committing crimes, but that only the unbalanced make that macabre idea a reality."