WIST Quotations

Coelho, Paulo -- (Attributed)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It’s just a matter of paying attention to this miracle.

Paulo Coelho (b. 1947) Brazilian spiritual writer
(Attributed)

Coelho, Paulo -- The Alchemist, ch. 1 (1988)

Dave — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 21:36:27 +0000

It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

Paulo Coelho (b. 1947) Brazilian spiritual writer
The Alchemist, ch. 1 (1988)

Coelho, Paulo -- The Devil and Miss Prym (2000)

Dave — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:40:17 +0000

It is always easier to hear an insult and not retaliate than have the courage to fight back against someone stronger than yourself; we can always say we’re not hurt by the stones others throw at us, and it’s only at night — when we’re alone and our wife or our husband or our school friend is asleep — that we can silently grieve over our own cowardice.

Paulo Coelho (b. 1947) Brazilian spiritual writer
The Devil and Miss Prym (2000)