16 inspiring Quotes from Paulo Coelho

I fell in love with Paulo Coelho’s writing from the time of reading The Alchemist. It was the fantasy of chasing a dream that swept me in the wave of Paulo Coelho and follow some of his quotes. This article is a collection of such inspiring quotes from Paulo Coelho

When you want something, the universe conspires to help you achieve it

This is perhaps one of the most compelling quote by Paulo Coelho. Maybe this is the reason why I fell in love with both the alchemist and his writing. Such a beautiful and dreamy quote to ask us to continue believing in our dreams. And this dream is not just a dream, but something we believe in strongly. If we show this level of belief and conviction, the universe has no choice but to offer a helping hand to achieve our dreams.

If you love someone, you must be prepared to set them free

Love and freedom go hand in hand. We can’t control love, it is something to give and see it flourish and fill us with joy. The more we control love, the more it feels forced and nauseating. The best way to interpret this quote by Coelho is to believe in the generosity of love and its inspirational power. Let this love bring people to us and make them stay – not because you want them to but because they love to.

Don’t waste your time with explanations_ people only hear what they want to hear – Paulo Coelho

People hear what they want to hear – maybe this sounds cynical. But we can’t explain every thought of ours, there’s always a chance that it will be misunderstood. Even with the best intentions, things will go wrong and we will be misunderstood. Maybe we need to explain it to some people, but not to everyone. In doing so, we will lose time, patience and energy. There’s nothing wrong in explaining, but make sure that these people deserve an explanation before you decide to invest your time.

Quotes from Paulo Coelho

Here are a collection of 15 such inspiring quotes from Paulo Coelho

1. You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.
2. Everything tells me that I am about to make a wrong decision, but making mistakes is just part of life. What does the world want of me? Does it want me to take no risks, to go back to where I came from because I didn’t have the courage to say “yes” to life?
3. And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
4. Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.
5. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.
6. It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.
7. It is said that the darkest hour of the night comes just before the dawn.
8. Listen to your heart. It knows all things, because it came from the Soul of the World, and it will one day return there.
9. You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it.
10. You are what you believe yourself to be.
11. Don’t give in to your fears. If you do, you won’t be able to talk to your heart.
12. There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.
13. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.
14. You are not defeated when you lose. You are defeated when you quit.
15. Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
16. You may not be winning, but this doesn’t mean you are losing.