People no longer try to decipher the mystery of life but choose instead to be a part of it.
Quotations
Paulo Coelho
No one should ever ask themselves that: why am I unhappy? The question carries within it the virus that will destroy everything. If we ask that question, it means we want to find out what makes us happy. If what makes us happy is different from what we have now, then we must either change once and for all or stay as we are, feeling even more unhappy.
I don’t live in either my past or my future. I’m interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you’ll be a happy man. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we’re living now.
When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.
The wise are wise only because they love. Fools are fools only because they think they can understand love.
Ester asked why people are sad.
“That’s simple,” says the old man. “They are the prisoners of their personal history. Everyone believes that the main aim in life is to follow a plan. They never ask if that plan is theirs or if it was created by another person. They accumulate experiences, memories, things, other people's ideas, and it is more than they can possibly cope with. And that is why they forget their dreams.”
Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what is best for me.
The wise are wise only because they love. The fools are fools only because they think they can understand love.
I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.
