Showing posts with label Paulo Coelho. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paulo Coelho. Show all posts

Him that I love, I wish to be free -- even from me. ~Anne Morrow

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 12:04 AM | Posted by Jinu Peyeti
Book: The Zahir
Author: Paulo Coelho

"Love is an untamed force. When we try to control it, it destroys us. When we try to imprison it, enslaves us. When we try to understand it, it leaves us feeling lost and confused.

 

This force on earth  is to make us happy, to bring us closer to God and to our neihgbor, and yet, given the way that we love now, we enjoy one hour of anxiety for every minute of peace."

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If you have love in your life it can make up for a great many things you lack. If you don't have it, no matter what else there is, it's not enough.

at 12:00 AM | Posted by Jinu Peyeti
Book: By the river Piedra I sat down and wept
Author: Paulo Coelho

"I looked at the other, there in the corner of the room, fragile, exhausted, disillusioned. Controlling and enslaving what should really be free: her emotions. Trying to judge her future  loves by the rule of her past suffering.

 

But love is always new. Regardless of whether we love once, twice or a dozen times in our life, we always face a brand new situation. Love can consign us to hell or to paradise, but it always takes us somewhere. We simply have to accept it because it is what nourishes our existence. If we reject it, we die of hunger, because we lack the courage to stretch out a hand and pluck the fruit from the branches of the tree of life. We have to take love where we find it; even if it means hours, days, weeks of disappointed and sadness.

 

The moment we begin to seek love, love begins to seek us. And to save us." 

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It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

Thursday, May 14, 2009 at 9:27 PM | Posted by Jinu Peyeti
Book: The Zahir
Author: Paulo Coelho

"That is why it is so important to let certain things go. To release them. To cut them loose. People need to understand that nobody is playing with marked cards; sometimes we win and sometimes we lose. Don't expect to get anything back, don't expect recognition for your efforts, don't expect your genius to be discovered or love to be understood. Complete the circle. Not out of pride, inability or arrogance, but simply because whatever it is, no longer fits in your life. Close the door, change the record, clean the house, get rid of the dust. Stop being who you were and become who you are." 

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