“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.”

“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 They are the engineers of the superseded.”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.” 

“It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”

“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.”

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

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

“If I must fall, may it be from a high place.”

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

“Because I don’t live in either my past or my future. I’m interested only in the present.”

“Life can seem short or life can seem long, depending on how you live it.”

“I want to continue being crazy; living my life the way I dream it, and not the way the other people want it to be.”

“Life sometimes separates people so that they can realize how much they mean to each other.”

God always offers us a second chance in life.

“Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle.”

“Everything tells me that I am about to make a wrong decision, but making mistakes is just part of life. What does the world want of me? Does it want me to take no risks, to go back to where I came from because I didn’t have the courage to say “yes” to life?”

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

“When each day is the same as the next, it’s because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day that the sun rises.”