Paulo Coelho Quotes

Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.

One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness.

I just refuse to worry or get upset or be fearful. It doesn't do one particle of good.

If you don't give power to the words that people throw at you to hurt you, they don't hurt you anymore. And you actually have power over those people.

We can feel joy even while having a bad day, a bad week, or even a bad year!

Don't let the good days get to your head, and don't let the bad days get to your heart.

I learned not to get too happy about good news or too distraught about bad.

Successful people are able to rise above crises by relaxing no matter what the external situation. Their belief in themselves, the strength of their self-image is impenetrable armor, which protects them against shattering events.

We can choose to gather to our hearts the thorns of disappointment, failure, loneliness, and dismay in our present situation. Or we can gather the flowers of God's grace, boundless love, abiding presence, and unmatched joy. I choose to gather the flowers.

You've only mastered the storm you can sleep through.

The wonder to me is not that she made it through at all but that she made it through so relatively intact, so vibrant. So free of bitterness and so empty of resentment.

When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won't be the victim of needless suffering.

Let every hindrance to joy become the soil out of which joy blossoms.

I think positively, you can't harm me mentally, not physically, not spiritually, you'll never get rid of me.

When life is at that extremely hard time, all we can control is our attitude.

Balance. It was all about balance. That had been one of the first things that she had learned: the centre of the seesaw has neither up nor down, but upness and downness flow through it while it remains unmoved. You had to be the centre of the seesaw so the pain flowed through you, not into you. It was very hard. But she could do it!

Happiness comes, I know, from some spring within a man — from some curious adjustment to life.

As long as you can look fearlessly at the sky, you'll know that your pure within and will find happiness once more.

We've got to laugh or break our hearts in this damnable world.

Whether joy or sorrow, pain or pleasure; whatsoever may befall thee, accept it serenely with an unvanquished heart.

You must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they will then be powerless to vex your mind.

...I felt fear enter the halls of my mind, but I didn't give it the keys to every room.

Let the enemy rage at the gate; let him knock, pound, scream, howl; let him do his worst. We know for certain that he cannot enter our soul except by the door of our consent.