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

“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.”

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

“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.” 

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“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.” 

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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'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.

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.

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

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

Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible: the fear of failure.

“Love like rain, can nourish from above, drenching couples with a soaking joy. But sometimes under the angry heat of life, love dries on the surface and must nourish from below, tending to its roots keeping itself alive.”

“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.”