Top 116 Quotes by Paulo Coelho

When I write a book, I write a book for myself; the reaction is up to the reader. It's not my business whether people like or dislike it.

I cry very easily. It can be a movie, a phone conversation, a sunset - tears are words waiting to be written.

The major religions, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, they deny somehow that God has a feminine face. However, if you go to the holy texts, you see there is this feminine presence.

The gigantic tension before the shooting of an arrow, and the total relaxation seconds later, is my way of connecting to the universe.

Writing means sharing. It's part of the human condition to want to share things - thoughts, ideas, opinions.

Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worse kind of suffering.

Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.

It's very difficult to read a book on your computer.

Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.

The only thing that relaxes me is archery. That's why I have to have apartments with gardens.