"Close some doors. Not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because they no longer lead somewhere."
- Paulo Coehlo (via prettypeachpeonies)
(Source: hellanne, via quitecontinental)
"The most important thing in all human relationships is conversation, but people don’t talk anymore, they don’t sit down to talk and listen. They go to the theater, the cinema, watch television, listen to the radio, read books, but they almost never talk. If we want to change the world, we have to go back to a time when warriors would gather around a fire and tell stories."
- Paulo Coelho, The Zahir (via indieless)
(Source: larmoyante, via indieless)
"Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what is best for me."
- Paulo Coelho (via quote-book)
"Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle."
- Paulo Coelho, Brida (via bourbonandpearls)
(Source: fuckyeah-literature, via bourbonandpearls)
"Waiting hurts. Forgetting hurts. But not knowing which decision to take is the worst of suffering."
- Paulo Coelho (via quote-book)
"When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too."
- Paulo Coelho (via kari-shma)
(via quote-book)
"All you have to do is to pay attention; lessons always arrive when you are ready, and if you can read the signs, you will learn everything you need to know in order to take the next step."
- Paulo Coelho, The Zahir (via vanished)
(via fillingupyourlungs)
"Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day."
- Paulo Coehlo (via brianchase)
(Source: matt-is-just-around-the-corner, via fillingupyourlungs)
"We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It’s one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it’s another to think that yours is the only path."
- Paulo Coelho (via creatingaquietmind)
(via teachingliteracy)
"It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting."
- The Alchemist (via salveo)
(via august1976)
"We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It’s one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it’s another to think that yours is the only path."
- Paulo Coelho (via creatingaquietmind)
(Source: justbesplendid, via quote-book)
