Paulo Coelho Quotes

Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.

There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved.

Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving anything in return.

Well, for me, what I've learned at the very end of this, love is sharing, and I think that really is, for me, the best place to go to experience love, is sharing.

Being in love is all about the ability to give rather than take. It is not easy, but if you can accept this, then you will experience love.

Love is not about what you want. It's about finding happiness for the one you love.

Love is not about getting - but giving.

Love is not getting, but giving. Not a wild dream of pleasure and madness of desire - oh, no - love is not that! It is goodness and honor and peace and pure living - yes, love is that and it is the best thing in the world and the thing that lives the longest.

Love is giving and it has nothing to do with what you receive.

Real love is when you become selfless and you are more concerned about your mate's or children's egos than your own. You're now a giver instead of a taker.

True love is selfless. It is prepared to sacrifice.

Extravagant love is never wasted.

Love is forgiving and Love is for giving.

The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.

Swords don't glorify the creator-God. Love does. Self-giving love, best of all.

True love is spelled G-I-V-E. It is not based on what you can get, but rooted in what you can give to the other person.

Return to the purity of your innocence where you are enchanted with life. Give love for no reason. Surround yourself with others doing the same.

The story of a love is not important-what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity.

Love is sacrifice.

The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.

Remember that you don't choose love; love chooses you. All you really can do is accept it for all its mystery when it comes into your life. Feel the way it fills you to overflowing then reach out and give it away.

The only way to get love is to be lovable. It's very irritating if you have a lot of money. You'd like to think you could write a check: 'I'll buy a million dollars' worth of love.' But it doesn't work that way. The more you give love away, the more you get.

With compassion you can die for other people, like the mother who can die for her child. You have the courage to say it because you are not afraid of losing anything, because you know that understanding and love is the foundation of happiness. But if you have fear of losing your status, your position, you will not have the courage to do it.

True love is quiescent, except in the nascent moments of true humility.

Show me your hands. Do they have scars from giving? Show me your feet. Are they wounded in service? Show me your heart. Have you left a place for divine love?