Paulo Coelho: Frases en inglés

Introduction, p. xi.
Fuente: The Alchemist (1988)
Contexto: I ask myself: are defeats necessary?
Well, necessary or not, they happen. When we first begin fighting for a dream, we have no experience and make mistakes. The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept (1994)
Variante: Waiting Hurts. Forgetting Hurts. But not knowing which decision to take is the worst of suffering.
Fuente: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

Variante: simple things are the most valuable and only wise people appreciate them".
Fuente: The Alchemist

Fuente: Eleven Minutes

Fuente: The Alchemist (1988), p. 158.

Fuente: Brida (1990).
Contexto: When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.

Fuente: The Alchemist

Variante: You have passed through the two hardest tests on the spiritual road: the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what you encounter.
Fuente: Veronika Decides to Die

Fuente: The Fifth Mountain

Fuente: Eleven Minutes

Fuente: Brida

Fuente: The Alchemist

Fuente: The Alchemist

Fuente: Veronika Decides to Die

Fuente: The Alchemist (1988), p. 184; this also has been quoted as "What happens once will never happen again. But what happens twice will surely happen a third time."

Fuente: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept