Paulo Coelho: Frases en inglés (página 15)
Paulo Coelho es escritor brasileño. Frases en inglés.
As quoted in Honor Your Gifts (2007) by Dona M. Deane, p. 199.
Variante: But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose some of the battles in the struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you're fighting for
“If it's still in your mind, it is still in your heart.”
Variante: If it's still in your mind, it is worth taking the risk
Fuente: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
“You must always know what it is that you want.”
Fuente: The Alchemist
Fuente: Manuscript Found in Accra (2012), Our fate
Variante: Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what is best for me.
Fuente: The Zahir
Fuente: Aleph (2011)
Contexto: Routine has nothing to do with repetition. To become really good at anything, you have to practice and repeat, practice and repeat, until the technique becomes intuitive.
“Don't try to be useful. Try to be yourself: that is enough & that makes all the difference.”
Fuente: Manuscript Found in Accra (2012), Uselessness