“Anxiety was born in the very same moment as mankind. And since we will never be able to master it, we will have to learn to live with it—just as we have learned to live with storms.”
― Paulo Coelho, quote from Manuscript Found in Accra
“For those who are not frightened by the solitude, everything will have a different taste.
In solitude, they will discover the love that might otherwise arrive unnoticed.
In solitude, they will understand and respect the love that left them.
In solitude, they will be able to decide whether it is worth asking that lost love to come back or if they should simply let it go and set off along a new path.
In solitude, they will learn that saying ‘No’ does not always show a lack of generosity and that saying ‘Yes’ is not always a virtue.
And those who are alone at this moment, need never be frightened by the words of the devil: ‘You’re wasting your time.’
Or by the chief demon’s even more potent words: ‘No one cares about you.’
The Divine Energy is listening to us when we speak to other people, but also when we are still and silent and able to accept solitude as a blessing.
And when we achieve that harmony, we receive more than we asked for.”
― Paulo Coelho, quote from Manuscript Found in Accra
“Love is only a word, until we decide to let it possess us with all its force.
Love is only a word, until someone arrives to give it meaning.
Don't give up. Remember, it's always the last key on the key ring that opens the door.”
― Paulo Coelho, quote from Manuscript Found in Accra
“Scars speak more loudly than the sword that caused them.”
― Paulo Coelho, quote from Manuscript Found in Accra
“If you are never alone, you cannot know yourself.”
― Paulo Coelho, quote from Manuscript Found in Accra
“And if I'm alone in bed, I will go to the window, look up at the sky, and feel certain that loneliness is a lie, because the Universe is there to keep me company.”
― Paulo Coelho, quote from Manuscript Found in Accra
“Don't try to be useful. Try to be yourself: that is enough & that makes all the difference.”
― Paulo Coelho, quote from Manuscript Found in Accra
“Excessive caution destroys the soul and the heart, because living is an act of courage, and an act of courage is always an act of love.”
― Paulo Coelho, quote from Manuscript Found in Accra
“Defeat is for the valiant. Only they will know the honour of losing and the joy of winning
I am not here to tell you that defeat is a part of life: we all know that. Only the defeated know Love. Because it is in the realm of love that we fight our first battles – and generally lose.
I am here to tell you that there are people who have never been defeated.
They are the ones who never fought.
They managed to avoid scars, humiliations, feelings of helplessness, as well as those moments when even warriors doubt the existence of God.’’
Manuscript Found In Accra – Paulo Coelho”
― Paulo Coelho, quote from Manuscript Found in Accra
“Never miss an opportunity to show your love, especially to those close to you, because we are always at our most cautious with them for fear of being hurt.”
― Paulo Coelho, quote from Manuscript Found in Accra
“A rose dreams of enjoying the company of bees, but none appears. The sun asks:
“Aren’t you tired of waiting?”
“Yes,” answers the rose, “but if I close my petals, I will wither and die.”
― Paulo Coelho, quote from Manuscript Found in Accra
“Only he who gives up is defeated. Everyone else is victorious.”
― Paulo Coelho, quote from Manuscript Found in Accra
“The simplest things in life are the most extraordinary. Let them reveal themselves.”
― Paulo Coelho, quote from Manuscript Found in Accra
“Love is an act of faith in another person, not an act of surrender.”
― Paulo Coelho, quote from Manuscript Found in Accra
“What was broken will never be the same again.”
― Paulo Coelho, quote from Manuscript Found in Accra
“Because we managed to keep our heart open, despite the pain.
Because we realized that the person who left us did not take the sun with them or leave darkness in their place.”
― Paulo Coelho, quote from Manuscript Found in Accra
“You might have lost some major battles, but you survived and you're still here.”
― Paulo Coelho, quote from Manuscript Found in Accra
“Does a leaf, when it falls from the tree in winter, feel defeated by the cold?
The tree says to the leaf:
"That’s the cycle of life. You may think you’re going to die, but you live on in me. It’s thanks to you that I’m alive, because I can breathe. It’s also thanks to you that I have felt loved, because I was able to give shade to the weary traveller. Your sap is in my sap; we are one thing.”
― Paulo Coelho, quote from Manuscript Found in Accra
“None of us can know what tomorrow will hold, because each day has its good and its bad moments.”
― Paulo Coelho, quote from Manuscript Found in Accra
“Love is only a word, until someone arrives to give it meaning.
Don't give up. Remember, it's always the last key on the key ring that opens the door.”
― Paulo Coelho, quote from Manuscript Found in Accra
“Allowing someone else to make us happy will make them happy too.”
― Paulo Coelho, quote from Manuscript Found in Accra
“Beware of anyone who tries to please you all the time.”
― Paulo Coelho, quote from Manuscript Found in Accra
“The eyes are the mirror of the soul and reflect everything that seems to be hidden; and like a mirror, they also reflect the person looking into them.”
― Paulo Coelho, quote from Manuscript Found in Accra
“When everything seems to be going well and your dream is almost within your gasp, that is when you must be more alert than ever.”
― Paulo Coelho, quote from Manuscript Found in Accra
“You will be loved and respected only if you love and respect yourself.”
― Paulo Coelho, quote from Manuscript Found in Accra
“Solitude is not the absence of company, but the moment when our soul is free to speak to us and help us decide what to do with our life.”
― Paulo Coelho, quote from Manuscript Found in Accra
“In life's most significant moments we are always alone.”
― Paulo Coelho, quote from Manuscript Found in Accra
“Avoid those who seek friends in order to maintain a certain social status or to open doors they would not otherwise be able to approach.”
― Paulo Coelho, quote from Manuscript Found in Accra
“In the cycle of nature there is no such thing as victory or defeat; there is only movement.”
― Paulo Coelho, quote from Manuscript Found in Accra
“Al atravesar un periodo difícil, recuerda: aunque hayas perdido grandes batallas, sobreviviste y estás ahí.”
― Paulo Coelho, quote from Manuscript Found in Accra
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“When you look at your sleeping daughter, you are confronted with a spiritual reality that you can’t deny. From the moment she was born, you sensed the awesomeness of her life, the fact that there is something mysterious and transcendent about it, that she goes beyond you and your spouse. A man can banter with his friends and colleagues about whether God exists. But a father looks at his daughter and knows.”
― quote from Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters: 10 Secrets Every Father Should Know
“Notre conscience est un juge infaillible, quand nous ne l'avons pas encore assassinée.”
― Honoré de Balzac, quote from The Wild Ass's Skin
“I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and cry, ‘Tis all barren—and so it is; and so is all the world to him who will not cultivate the fruits it offers. I declare, said I, clapping my hands chearily together, that was I in a desart, I would find out wherewith in it to call forth my affections—If I could not do better, I would fasten them upon some sweet myrtle, or seek some melancholy cypress to connect myself to—I would court their shade, and greet them kindly for their protection—I would cut my name upon them, and swear they were the loveliest trees throughout the desert: if their leaves wither’d, I would teach myself to mourn, and when they rejoiced, I would rejoice along with them.”
― Laurence Sterne, quote from A Sentimental Journey
“You right! You one hundred percent right! I done spent the last seventeen years worrying about what you got. Now it’s your turn, see? I’ll tell you what to do. You grown . . . we don established that. You a man. Now, let’s see you act like one. Turn your behind around and walk out this yard. And when you get out there in the alley . . . you can forget about this house. See? Cause this is my house. You go on and be a man and get your own house. You can forget about this. You can forget about this. ‘Cause this is mine. You go on and get yours because I’m through with doing for you.”
― August Wilson, quote from Fences
“You don't need my kind of strength. A simple look from you alone cripples ,e. I am at your mercy."
-Marcus”
― Courtney Allison Moulton, quote from Shadows in the Silence
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