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Freedom is acquired by conquest, not by gift. It must be pursued constantly and responsibly. Freedom is not an ideal located outside of man; nor is it an idea which becomes myth. It is rather the indispensable condition for the quest for human completion.


Paulo Freire

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PAULO COELHO she, with her affection and her gaiety, had been largely responsible for him having rediscovered the...
PAULO COELHO She didn't need to understand the meaning of life; it was enough to find someone who did, and then f...
PAULO COELHO A person who goes in search of God is wasting his time. He can walk a thousand roads and join many r...
PAULO COELHO At some point, we have each said through our tears, “I’m suffering for a love that’s not worth...
PAULO COELHO Jesus lived a life that was full of joy and contradictions and fights, you know? If they were to pai...
PAULO COELHO The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip; to ...
PAULO COELHO I lived in a dictatorship in Brazil, and I was arrested three times. I felt in my flesh what it is t...
PAULO COELHO My connection with Brazil is so abstract. My blood and my way of thinking is Brazilian, but that'...
PAULO COELHO The only thing that relaxes me is archery. That's why I have to have apartments with gardens.
PAULO COELHO Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows.
PAULO COELHO When you write an article about anything, trolls use the comments to attack. They feel frustrated - ...
PAULO COELHO I have been practicing archery for a long time; a bow and arrow helps me to unwind.
PAULO COELHO The gigantic tension before the shooting of an arrow, and the total relaxation seconds later, is my ...
PAULO COELHO Culture makes people understand each other better. And if they understand each other better in their...
PAULO COELHO We have to stop and be humble enough to understand that there is something called mystery.
PAULO COELHO Elegance is usually confused with superficiality, fashion, lack of depth. This is a serious mistake:...
PAULO COELHO When you’re in love, you’re capable of learning everything and knowing things you had never dare...
PAULO COELHO Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what i...
PAULO COELHO but something always went wrong, and the relationship would end precisely at the moment when she was...
PAULO COELHO If you have a past with which you feel dissatisfied, then forget it, now. Imagine a new story for yo...
PAULO COELHO Human beings can withstand a week without water, two weeks without food, many years of homelessness,...
PAULO COELHO Love was a feeling completely bound up with color, like thousands of rainbows superimposed one on to...
PAULO COELHO Judging oneself to be inferior to other people was one of the worst acts of pride because it was the...
PAULO COELHO She had just realized there were two things that prevent us from achieving our dreams: believing the...
PAULO COELHO If you conquer yourself, then you conquer the world
PAULO COELHO We are travelers on a cosmic journey,stardust,swirling and dancing in the eddies and whirlpools of i...
PAULO COELHO If you want to control someone, all you have to do is to make them feel afraid.
PAULO COELHO لا شك أن الحب قادر على تغيير كل شئ فى حياة الانسان خلال �...
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