We live in a vale of tears...We can have all the dreams we like, but life is hard, implacable, sad. (Paulo Coelho, "Eleven Minutes")
But my heart is agitated, It has its dreams, it gets emotional, and it's become passionate over a woman of the desert. It asks things of me, and it keeps me from sleeping many nights, when I'm thinking about her (Paulo Coelho, "The Alchemist")
I'm afraid that if my dream is realized, I'll have no reason to go on living. (Paulo Coelho, "The Alchemist")
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. (Paulo Coelho, "The Alchemist")
People are afraid to pursue their most important dreams, because they feel that they don't deserve them, or that they'll be unable to achieve them. (Paulo Coelho, "The Alchemist")
Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks. Perhaps this person will never be disappointed or disillusioned perhaps she won't suffer the way people do when they have a dream to follow. But when the person looks back-she will hear her heart. (Paulo Coelho)
Why do we have to listen to our hearts' 'Because, wherever your heart is, that is where you'll find your treasure.''But my heart is agitated,' the boy said. 'It has its dreams, it gets emotional, and it's become passionate over a woman of the desert. It asks things of me, and it keeps me from sleeping many nights, when I'm thinking about her.' 'Well, that's good. Your heart is alive. Keep listening to what it has to say. (Paulo Coelho)
When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream. (Paulo Coelho)
It (destiny) is what you have always wanted to accomplish. Everyone, when they are young, knows what their destiny is. At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible. They are not afraid to dream, and to yearn for everything they would like to see happen to them in their lives. But, as time passes, a mysterious force begins to convince them that it will be impossible for them to realize their destiny. (Paulo Coelho)
Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream. (Paulo Coelho)
I think that perhaps we always fall in love the very first time we see the man of our dreams, even though, at the time, reason may be telling otherwise, and we may fight against that instinct, hoping against hope that we won't win, until there comes a point when we allow ourselves to be vanquished by our feelings... (Paulo Coelho)