Paulo Coelho Quotes

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

By humility, out of an enemy He has made a friend, which is more than to have created a new earth.

Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?

A close friend can become a close enemy.

It is not enjoined upon us to forget, but we are told to forgive, our enemies.

We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not read that we ought to forgive our friends.

To forgive somebody is to say one way or another, "You have done something unspeakable, and by all rights I should call it quits between us. Both my pride and my principles demand no less. However, although I make no guarantees that I will be able to forget what you've done, and though we may both carry the scars for life, I refuse to let it stand between us. I still want you for my friend.

If you wish to be brothers, let the arms fall from your hands. One cannot love while holding offensive arms.

Although the troops have struck us, we throw it all behind and are glad to meet you in peace and friendship.

Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.

False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports.

Even though we are deceived, still believe. Though we are betrayed, still forgive. Love completely even those who hate you.

Being betrayed is one of the most valuable lessons life can teach.

Time should make enemies and Life should make friends.

I have made it a rule of my life to trust a man long after other people gave him up, but I don't see how I can ever trust any human being again.

Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.

Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.

Friends confront each other sometimes, and sometimes the friendship lasts, and sometimes it doesn't.

Tell never thy counsel to thy foe.

I pray for my enemies, that God would forgive them.

I didn't know if I would ever reconcile with my family, and I needed to believe that I could forgive, regardless.

Some people you can forgive and forget. Some people you cannot forgive or forget. There are other people you can forgive and not forget. So there's people you can forgive and forget. Forgive and not forget. It depends on what they've done.

Better make a weak man your enemy than your friend.

it's easier to forgive your enemies than to forgive your friends.

Love is a rare herb that makes a friend even of a sworn enemy and this herb grows out of nonviolence.