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Like the Flowing River QUOTES

Like the Flowing River QUOTES

1 " It is part of the human nature always to judge others very severely and,when the wind turns against us,always to find an excuse for our own misdeeds,or to blame someone else for our mistakes. "

― Paulo Coelho , Like the Flowing River

2 " Sometimes, we are so attached to our way of life that we turn down wonderful opportunities simply because we don't know what to do with it. "

― Paulo Coelho , Like the Flowing River

3 " All religions lead to the same God, and all deserve the same respect. Anyone who chooses a religion is also choosing a collective way for worshipping and sharing the mysteries. Nevertheless, that person is the only one responsible for his or her actions along the way and has no right to shift responsibility for any personal decisions on to that religion. "

― Paulo Coelho , Like the Flowing River

4 " I understand once again that the greatness of God always reveals itself in the simple things. "

― Paulo Coelho , Like the Flowing River

5 " This is the present moment. Learn how to gobble it up without fear or guilt. "

― Paulo Coelho , Like the Flowing River

6 " Lord, protect our decisions, because making Decision is a way of praying. Give us the courage after our doubts, to be able to choose between one road and another. May our YES always be a YES and our NO always be a NO. Once we have chosen our road, may we never look back nor allow our soul to be eaten away by remorse. And in order for this to be possible. "

― Paulo Coelho , Like the Flowing River

7 " We always have the necessary resources to face the storms that life throws at us, but most of the time,those resources are locked up in the depths of our heart and we waste an enormous amount of time trying to find them.By the time we've found them,we already been defeated by adversity. "

― Paulo Coelho , Like the Flowing River

8 " I want to be someone capable of seeing the unseen faces, of seeing those who do not seek fame or glory, who silently fulfil the role life has given them. I want to be able to do this because the most important things, those that shape our existence, are precisely the ones that never show their faces. "

― Paulo Coelho , Like the Flowing River

9 " When something undesirable grows in my soul, I ask God to give me the courage to mercilessly pluck it out. "

― Paulo Coelho , Like the Flowing River

10 " 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 , Like the Flowing River

11 " Things do not always happen the way I would have wanted, and it's best that I get used to that. "

― Paulo Coelho , Like the Flowing River

12 " The future would end up finding out the truth about the past. "

― Paulo Coelho , Like the Flowing River

13 " 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 , Like the Flowing River

14 " What makes life interesting are the challenges we face. "

― Paulo Coelho , Like the Flowing River

15 " Only the following items should be considered to be grave faults: not respecting another's rights; allowing oneself to be paralyzed by fear; feeling guilty; believing that one does not deserve the good or ill that happens in one's life; being a coward. We will love our enemies, but not make alliances with them. They were placed in our path in order to test our sword, and we should, out of respect for them, struggle against them. We will choose our enemies. "

― Paulo Coelho , Like the Flowing River

16 " Love transforms and love cures;but,sometimes,love builds deadly traps and can end up destroying a person who had resolved to give him or herself completely.What is this complex feeling which,deep down,is the only reason we continue to live,struggle and improve? "

― Paulo Coelho , Like the Flowing River

17 " Love creates bridges where it would seem they were impossible. "

― Paulo Coelho , Like the Flowing River

18 " When we can do nothing else, we can still love, without expecting any reward or change or gratitude. "

― Paulo Coelho , Like the Flowing River

19 " I cannot lose the one thing that keeps me alive : hope - "

― Paulo Coelho , Like the Flowing River

20 " A writer always wears glasses and never combs his hair. Half the time he feels angry about everything and the other half depressed. He spends most of his life in bars, arguing with other dishevelled, bespectacled writers. He says very 'deep' things. He always has amazing ideas for the plot of his next novel, and hates the one he has just published. "

― Paulo Coelho , Like the Flowing River