Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra
16 quotes
"Never miss an opportunity to show your love, especially to those close to you, because we are always at our most cautious with them for fear of being hurt."
"Avoid those who seek friends in order to maintain a certain social status or to open doors they would not otherwise be able to approach."
"4 the first time, I will avoid anything that makes me suffer, because suffering is not a virtue.. I will not complain about life, saying, "Everything is always the same and I have nothin' 2 change it". Because I'm livin' this day as if it were my first and, while it lasts, I will discover things that I didn't even know were there."
"Walk neither faster nor slower than your own soul, because it is your soul that will teach you the usefulness of each step you take."
"No matter how you are feeling, get up every morning and prepare to let your light shine forth."
"And if I'm alone in bed, I will go to the window, look up at the sky, and feel certain that loneliness is a lie, because the Universe is there to keep me company."
"Dont try to be useful. Try to be yourself; that is enough, and that makes all the difference."
"And to those who believe that adventures are i say try routine: it kills you far more quickly."
"Success does not come from having one's work recognized by others. It is the fruit of a seed that you lovingly planted."
"Where there is loyalty, weapons are of no use."
"Loyalty, love and respect perhaps have never been expounded with such agility like this one ‘Loyalty has its roots in respect and respect is the fruit of Love, and Love drives out the demons of the imagination – which distrust everything and everyone – and, instead, returns purity to our gaze’. He cites that ‘Loyalty can never be imposed by force, fear, insecurity or intimidation’. ‘And because it is a choice, it will never tolerate betrayal, but will always be generous with mistakes’."
"solitude is not absence of love, but its complement"
"Excessive caution destroys the soul and the heart, because living is an act of courage, and an act of courage is always an act of love."
"If you are never alone, you cannot know yourself."
"Does a leaf, when it falls from the tree in winter, feel defeated by the cold?The tree says to the leaf:"That’s the cycle of life. You may think you’re going to die, but you live on in me. It’s thanks to you that I’m alive, because I can breathe. It’s also thanks to you that I have felt loved, because I was able to give shade to the weary traveller. Your sap is in my sap; we are one thing."
"Don't try to be useful. Try to be yourself: that is enough & that makes all the difference."