Paulo Coelho Quotes

So," says Lev, as casually as he can, "you wanna dance?" "Do you believe in the end of the world?" she responds. Lev shrugs. "I don't know. Why?" "Because the day after that is when I'll dance with you.

I don't really know if things go from one life to another. I don't know if there's another life after this. I don't want to know.

I don't know anything about the afterlife because I haven't been there yet.

I did a lot of reading of the Bible and became fascinated with the idea of the Rapture. It's pretty wild. I hadn't heard of it until I was in college.

I think you are born, and I think you die. I have a pragmatic nature, but I yearn to believe.

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

What God wants is to reveal himself more fully to us.

Once upon a time, a man named Fred Rogers decided that he wanted to live in heaven.

According to Hindu cosmology, we're in the kali yuga, a dark period when the cow of history is balanced precariously on one leg, soon to topple. Then there are our new-age friends who believe that this December we're in for a global cage-rattling which, once the dust has settled, will usher in a great spiritual awakening. Most of this apocalyptic noise appears to be just wishful thinking on the part of people who find life too messy and uncertain for comfort, let alone for serenity and mirth.

Death is wonderful because you can't think about it. How are you gonna think about it?

I would not choose to go where I would be afraid to die, nor could I bear to live without a good hope for hereafter.

If you knew Jesus was returning tomorrow, how would you feel today? Anxious, afraid, unprepared? If so, you can take care of your fears by placing your trust in Christ. If your answer includes words like happy, relieved, and excited, hold tightly to your joy.

I’ve never once thought about how I was going to die,” she said. “I can’t think about it. I don’t even know how I’m going to live.

An entire life of solitude contradicts the purpose of our being, since death itself is scarcely an idea of more terror.

If you believe that the world is going to come to an end - and perhaps any day now - does it not drain one's motivation to improve life on earth while we're here?

Dreams are the language of God.

Death - Death can be faced, dealt with, adjusted to, outlived. It's the not knowing that destroys interminably... This being suspended in suspense; waiting - weightless, How does one face the faceless, adjust to nothing? Waiting implies something to wait for. Is there? There is One. One who knows... I rest my soul on that.

What if this present were the world's last night?

I think we are living in pretty scary times and people are looking for inspiration and are also more open to the spiritual possibilities.

The cemetery has ... an inscription: 'Though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death I will Fear No Evil, For Thou Art With Me.' Yes, it does feel deceptively safer with two; but Thou is a slippery character. Every Thou I've known has had a way of going missing.

When you expect the world to end at any moment, you know there is no need to hurry. You take your time, you do your work well.

Fear and faith have something in common. They both ask us to believe in something we cannot see.

The highest knowledge is to know that we are surrounded by mystery. Neither knowledge nor hope for the future can be the pivot of our life or determine its direction. It is intended to be solely determined by our allowing ourselves to be gripped by the ethical God, who reveals Himself in us, and by our yielding our will to His.

Anything a man does can bring him closer to the Supreme Wisdom, as long as he works with Love in his heart.

You frighten me, when you say there isn't time." "I don't see why. Christians have been expecting the imminent end of the world for millennia." "But it keeps not ending." "So far, so good.