Recently i finished "The Zahir" by Paulo Coelho and simply love some points which i like to share...
1. I know that freedom has a high price, as high as that of slavery; the only difference is that you pay with pleasure and a smile, even when that smile is dimmed by tears.
2. When someone leaves, it’s because someone else is about to arrive.
3. Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the abilities to choose and commit yourself to –what is best for you.
4. We humans have two great problems: the first is knowing when to begin; the second is knowing when to stop.
5. People do their best not to remember and not to accept the immense magical potential they possess, because that would upset their neat little universes.
6. We just don’t all have the courage to follow our dreams and to follow the signs.
7. What the eye doesn’t see, the heart doesn’t grieve over.
8. It is not life that matters but journey.
9. When people praise us, we should keep a close eye on how we behave.
10. The universe tells us when we are wrong by taking what is most important to us.
11. Don’t be too grateful too soon.
12. The energy of hatred won’t get you anywhere but the energy of forgiveness, will transform your life in a positive way.
13. Blessed are those who don’t afraid to admit that they don’t know something.
14. When I had nothing more to lose, I was given everything. When I ceased to be who I am, I found myself. When I experienced humiliation and yet kept on walking, I understood that I was free to choose my destiny.
15. Love is an untamed force. When we try to control it, it destroys us. When we try to imprison it, it enslaves us. When we try to understand it, it leaves us feeling lost and confused.
16. If someone is capable of loving his partner without restrictions, unconditionally, then he is manifesting the love of god.
17. There are two kind of world: the one we dream about and the real one.
18. It is a question if the heart of a man or woman can contain enough love for more than one person.
19. No one should ever ask themselves that: why am I unhappy? The question carries within it the virus that will destroy everything. If we ask that question, it means we want to find out what makes us happy. If what makes us happy is different from what we have now, then we must have either change once and for all or stay as we are, feeling even unhappy.
20. The most important thing in all human relationships is conversation, but people don’t talk any more, they don’t sit down to talk and listen. They go to theatre, the cinema, watch television, listen to the radio, read books, but they almost never talk.
21. Everything in this universe is interconnected and has a meaning. That meaning may remain hidden nearly all the time, but we always know we are close to your true mission on earth when what we are doing is touched with energy of enthusiasm.
22. There is always an event in our lives that is responsible for us failing to progress: a trauma, a particularly bitter defeat, can make cowards of us and prevent us from moving on. As part of process to increase our hidden power s, we must first free our self from that giving up point and, to do so, we must review his whole life and find out where it occurred.
1. I know that freedom has a high price, as high as that of slavery; the only difference is that you pay with pleasure and a smile, even when that smile is dimmed by tears.
2. When someone leaves, it’s because someone else is about to arrive.
3. Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the abilities to choose and commit yourself to –what is best for you.
4. We humans have two great problems: the first is knowing when to begin; the second is knowing when to stop.
5. People do their best not to remember and not to accept the immense magical potential they possess, because that would upset their neat little universes.
6. We just don’t all have the courage to follow our dreams and to follow the signs.
7. What the eye doesn’t see, the heart doesn’t grieve over.
8. It is not life that matters but journey.
9. When people praise us, we should keep a close eye on how we behave.
10. The universe tells us when we are wrong by taking what is most important to us.
11. Don’t be too grateful too soon.
12. The energy of hatred won’t get you anywhere but the energy of forgiveness, will transform your life in a positive way.
13. Blessed are those who don’t afraid to admit that they don’t know something.
14. When I had nothing more to lose, I was given everything. When I ceased to be who I am, I found myself. When I experienced humiliation and yet kept on walking, I understood that I was free to choose my destiny.
15. Love is an untamed force. When we try to control it, it destroys us. When we try to imprison it, it enslaves us. When we try to understand it, it leaves us feeling lost and confused.
16. If someone is capable of loving his partner without restrictions, unconditionally, then he is manifesting the love of god.
17. There are two kind of world: the one we dream about and the real one.
18. It is a question if the heart of a man or woman can contain enough love for more than one person.
19. No one should ever ask themselves that: why am I unhappy? The question carries within it the virus that will destroy everything. If we ask that question, it means we want to find out what makes us happy. If what makes us happy is different from what we have now, then we must have either change once and for all or stay as we are, feeling even unhappy.
20. The most important thing in all human relationships is conversation, but people don’t talk any more, they don’t sit down to talk and listen. They go to theatre, the cinema, watch television, listen to the radio, read books, but they almost never talk.
21. Everything in this universe is interconnected and has a meaning. That meaning may remain hidden nearly all the time, but we always know we are close to your true mission on earth when what we are doing is touched with energy of enthusiasm.
22. There is always an event in our lives that is responsible for us failing to progress: a trauma, a particularly bitter defeat, can make cowards of us and prevent us from moving on. As part of process to increase our hidden power s, we must first free our self from that giving up point and, to do so, we must review his whole life and find out where it occurred.
