Paulo Coelho Quotes

As contemporary history reminds us we are human to the extent that we are able to chose between alternatives.

I will choose a path that's clear, I will choose freewill.

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.

What work do I have to do then?" said Will, but went on at once, "No, on second thought, don't tell me. I shall decide what I do. If you say my work is fighting, or healing, or exploring, or whatever you might say, I'll always be thinking about it. And if I do end up doing that, I'll be resentful because it'll feel as if I didn't have a choice, and if I don't do it, I'll feel guilty because I should. Whatever I do, I will choose it, no one else.

Did you hear? You are free." Yessss. Choice. It is a fine thing. And I choose to take you back, Most High.

Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions.

But man is freer than all the animals, on account of his free-will, with which he is endowed above all other animals.

We all want the freedom to make our own decisions.

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

When you grow up your mother says, 'Wear rubbers or you'll catch cold.' When you become an adult you discover that you have the right not to wear rubbers and to see if you catch cold or not. It's something like that.

If you choose to do something, then you shouldn't say it's a sacrifice, because nobody forced you to do it.

Everything is something you decide to do, and there is nothing you have to do.

Decision is a risk rooted in the courage of being free.

I'm picking and choosing what I want to do.

The intuition of free will gives us the truth.

Independence doesn't mean you decide the way you want.

Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice.

I pick and choose what I want to do at any given time, and what not to do, importantly. My agents, I won't hear about any offers or options.

When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man.

When advice is freely given, the receiver is free to use it as he or she sees fit.

You decide the things that ultimately you do. You have choices in this world, and that's how I live.

I do have the freedom to choose what I want to do and I'll continue to do that.

I don't want to be president, but I want to be free to decide whether or not I want to be president of this country.

If there is such a thing as freedom, then there is no fate.

We almost always have choices, and the better the choice, the more we will be in control of our lives.