Quotes from Like A Flowing River by Paulo Coelho (part 1)

How far should we interfere with nature? Is such interference always negative, or can it occasionally be positive?

An action is a thought made manifest

Intuition has nothing to do with routine, but with a state of mind that is beyond technique

A warrior of light, once he has done his duty and transformed his intention into gesture, need fear nothing else; he has done what he should have done

In the light of that complete absence of bitterness or rancour, I think love really was enough

Even when a friend does something you do not like, he continues to be your friend (Genghis Khan)

Any action committed in anger is an action doomed to failure (Genghis Khan)

You can give a fool a thousand intellects, but the only one he will want is yours (Arabic proverb)

When there's life, there's hope

The greatness of God always reveals itself in the simple things

Worse than hunger or thirst, worse than being unemployed, unhappy in love or defeated and in despair, far worse than any or all of those things, is feeling that no one, absolutely no one, cares about us

However intelligent a man may be, he will soon lose his warmth and his flame if he distances himself from his fellow man

Work is blessing when it help us to think about what we're doing, but it becomes a curse when its sole use is to stop us thinking about the meaning of our life

The optimist and the pessimist both die in the end, but each lives his life in a completely different way (Shimon Peres)

I don't know why human beings are so obsessed with making rules about everything

That simple desire to share something meant that we could enter the world of language without words, where everything is always clear, and there is no danger of being misinterpreted

A return to paradise is guaranteed to anyone who recognizes his or her reflection in the water and feels no fear

When a stranger approaches, and we think he is our brother, and all conflicts disappear, that is the moment when the night ends and day begins

Everyone has the authority of an official when he or she is absolutely convinced of what he or she is doing

How often, for the lack of one brick, we completely distort the original plan of our lives

Snow is beautiful because it has only one colour; the sea is beautiful because it seems to be a flat surface. But both the sea and the snow are deep, and know their own qualities

A miracle is something that fills the soul with peace