# Quote — Paulo Coelho, Aleph

> It’s always easy to blame others. You can spend your entire life blaming the world, but your successes or failures are entirely your own responsibility. You can try to stop time, but it’s a complete waste of energy.

- Author: [Paulo Coelho](https://www.leafyquotes.com/paulo-coelho.md)
- Book: [Aleph](https://www.leafyquotes.com/paulo-coelho/aleph.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Paulo_Coelho#Aleph_(2011)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/paulo-coelho/aleph/its-always-easy

## More from this book

> I forgive the anger and the cruelty,

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/paulo-coelho/aleph/i-forgive-the-anger.md)

> I love you like a river that begins as a solitary trickle in the mountains and gradually grows and joins other rivers until, after a certain point, it can flow around any obstacle in order to get where it wants.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/paulo-coelho/aleph/i-love-you-like-a.md)

> I forgive the stillborn hopes,

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/paulo-coelho/aleph/i-forgive-the-stillborn.md)