Paulo Coelho

I forgive the hatred and the persecution,

Love always triumphs over what we call death. That’s why there’s no need to grieve for our loved ones, because they continue to be loved and remain by our side.

Here I am, trying to persuade myself that I always give the best of myself, and nature is telling me exactly the opposite: anyone truly committed to life never stops walking.

That’s because, like everyone else on the planet, you believed that time would teach you to grow closer to God. But time doesn’t teach; it merely brings us a sense of weariness and of growing older.

I think to myself that this really isn’t something I should concern myself with.

Don’t let yourself be destroyed by a force that was placed in our hearts in order to make everything better.

Lao-tzu’s words, was: place all your feelings outside of yourself and you will be renewed.

We are not the person other people wish we were. We are who we decide to be.

Every note leaves in each of us a memory, but it is the melody as a whole that tells a story, the story of someone wanting to get closer to another person and who keeps on trying, despite repeated rejections.

So, in my relationships with men, I’ve always sought suffering, conflict, and despair.

I forgive the betrayals and the lies,

Seek out people who aren’t afraid of making mistakes and who, therefore, do make mistakes. Because of that, their work often isn’t recognized, but they are precisely the kind of people who change the world and, after many mistakes, do something that will transform their own community completely”.