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Like The Flowing River

by Paulo Coelho

'Like the Flowing River 'is a compilation of tales, opinions, short stories and ideas drawn from articles published by Brazilian writer Paulo in various international newspapers. Seven years of reflections, journeys and meetings: the revelation of a fasci

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“You don't always have to pretend to be strong,there is no need to prove all the time that everything is going well,you shouldn't be concerned about what other people are thinking. Cry if you need to,it's good to cry out all your tears,because only then you will be able to smile again”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: vulnerability, Crying, smiling

“I'm not doing anything, and yet I'm also doing the most important thing a man can do: I'm listening to what I needed to hear from myself.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Giving

“Life always gives us a second chance.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: Life, Second Chance

“You cannot judge the beauty of a particular path just by looking at the gate.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: beauty, Path, Journey, Unsplash + QC

“Sometimes people get so used to what they see in films that they end up forgetting the real story.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: Reality, Files, Stories

“God is close to us regardless of how much we pray.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: God, Fail, Praying

“Every human being has the right to search for happiness, and by happiness is meant something that makes that individual feel content, not necessarily something that makes other people feel content.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: Happiness

“I'm not doing anything, and yet I'm also doing the most important thing a man can do: I'm listening to what I needed to hear from myself.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: Silence, Introspection, self-reflection

“It would be foolish to be frightened by death, because all of us, sooner or later, are going to die. And only those who accept this fact are prepared for life.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: Life, Death, Fear

“Sometimes the world asks us to fight for things we do not understand, and whose significance we will never discover.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: Life, fighs

“A warrior of light, once he has done his duty and transformed his intention into gesture, need fear nothing else: he has done what he should have done. He did not allow himself to be paralyzed by fear. Even if the arrow failed to hit the target, he will have another opportunity, because he did not g…”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: Fear, risks

“Any action committed in anger is an action doomed to failure.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: Decisions, Anger

“I cannot lose the one thing that keeps me alive : hope.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Life, Hope

“Love creates bridges where it would seem they were impossible.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: Love

“And may she travel slowly, because her pace is the pace of change, and change, real change, always takes a very long time.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: Life, Change, Time

“But then, what makes life interesting are the challenges we face, and so I end up accepting the invitation.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: Challenges, Faith in God, Life

“I don't know why we human beings are so obsessed with making rules about everything.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: Rules, Life, Routine

“Whenever we feel that no one is paying any attention to what we are doing, let us think of the pianist. He was talking to God through his work, and nothing else mattered.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: Work, Passion, Meaning Of Life

“Work is a blessing when it helps us to think about what were doing; but it become a curse when its sole use is to stop us thinking about the meaning of our life.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: Work, Passion, Meaning Of Life

“I understand once again that the greatness of God always reveals itself in the simple things”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: God, Simple Things, Life