“There is only one way to learn. It’s through action. Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey.” –

“What hurts us is what heals us.”

“Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed.”

“Stop thinking all the time that you’re in the way, that you’re bothering the person next to you. If people don’t like it, they can complain. And if they don’t have courage to complain, that’s their problem.”

“Those who never take risks can only see other people’s failures.”

“The most important experiences we can have are those that take us to the very limit. That is the only way we learn, because it requires all our courage.” 

“The world lies in the hands of those who have the courage to dream and who take the risk of living out their dreams – each according to his or her own talent.”

“It is always important to know when something has reached its end. Closing circles, shutting doors, finishing chapters, it doesn’t matter what we call it; what matters is to leave in the past those moments in life that are over.” 

“No matter how you feel today, get up, dress up and show up.”

“I’m not a body with a soul, I’m a soul that has a visible part called the body.”

“People are afraid to pursue their most important dreams, because they feel that they don’t deserve them, or that they’ll be unable to achieve them.”

“There is only one way to learn. It’s through action. Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey.”

“What hurts us is what heals us.”

“Making a decision was only the beginning of things. When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision.”

“Now that she had nothing to lose, she was free.”

“Let us be absolutely clear about one thing: we must not confuse humility with false modesty or servility.”

“When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream.”

“I’ve done everything I wanted to do, even if I have had to pay a very high price – which has been the case most of the time.”

“No, I never saw an angel, but it is irrelevant whether I saw one or not. I feel their presence around me.”

“We have to stop and be humble enough to understand that there is something called mystery.”

“If you start by promising what you don’t even have yet, you’ll lose your desire to work towards getting it.”

“Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.”

“Passion makes a person stop eating, sleeping, working, feeling at peace. A lot of people are frightened because, when it appears, it demolishes all the old things it finds in its path.

No one wants their life thrown into chaos. That is why a lot of people keep that threat under control, and are somehow capable of sustaining a house or a structure that is already rotten. They are the engineers of the superseded.”

“You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it’s better to listen to what it has to say.”

We have lost contact with reality, the simplicity of life.

I have seen many storms in my life. Most storms have caught me by surprise, so I had to learn very quickly to look further and understand that I am not capable of controlling the weather, to exercise the art of patience and to respect the fury of nature.

I'm not saying that love always takes you to heaven. Your life can become a nightmare. But that said, it is worth taking the risk.

Jesus lived a life that was full of joy and contradictions and fights, you know? If they were to paint a picture of Jesus without contradictions, the gospels would be fake, but the contradictions are a sign of authenticity.

I lived in a dictatorship in Brazil, and I was arrested three times. I felt in my flesh what it is to live under such a regime and experience deprivation of freedom.

I believe enlightenment or revelation comes in daily life. I look for joy, the peace of action. You need action. I'd have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money.

What interests me in life is curiosity, challenges, the good fight with its victories and defeats.

Everybody is a political person, whether you say something or you are silent. A political attitude is not whether you go to parliament; it's how you deal with your life, with your surroundings.

Most of my young years were spent under the boots of the military.

Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act.

You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.

“I’m not saying that love always takes you to heaven. Your life can become a nightmare. But that said, it is worth taking the risk.” 

“If you start by promising what you don’t even have yet, you’ll lose your desire to work towards getting it.”

“Life has a way of testing a person’s will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen at once.”

 “People are capable at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.” 

“Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.”

“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.”

“I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It’s all a question of how I view my life.” 

“We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It’s one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it’s another to think that yours is the only path.”

“Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.

“I don’t live in either my past or my future. I’m interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you’ll be a happy man. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we’re living now.”

“If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.”

Live truly and forgive quickly.

“A life without cause is a life without effect.”

“All battles in life serve to teach us something, even the battles we lose.”