Paulo Coelho Secret Quotations

My turning point was my pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. It was then that I, who had dedicated most of my life to penetrate the 'secrets' of the universe, realized that there are no secrets. Life is and will always be a mystery.

They make a secret pact with themelves never to think about the future.

Time that never ends, that never passes, that remains in the present, where all of life's secrets lie.

I am in the Aleph, the point at which everything is in the same place at the same time. I'm at a window, looking out at the world and its secret places, poetry lost in time and words left hanging in space...sentences that are perfectly understood, even when left unspoken. Feelings that simultaneously exalt and suffocate.

It's in the present that lies the secret: if you pay attention to the present you will be able to enhance it.

There was a time when people accepted magical experiences as natural. There were no priests then, and no one went chasing after the secrets of the occult.

The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.

But no one can lose sight of what he desires. Even if there are moments when he believes the world and the others are stronger. The secret is this: do not surrender.

Love rules, but no one knows where it has its throne; in order to know that secret place, you must first submit to Love.