Paulo Coelho’s Blog

14 Responses to “Quote of the Day”

• Agnieszka

  May 25, 2009 at 7:37 am

  Dear Paul,
  I think that no matter how lost, hurt or else the person can be if he/she let him/herself feel jealousy or/and especially hate, and act upon it, with premeditation of some kind of course, means there's no God inside this person heart.
  There can be moments where some kind of tragedy touches us and we're confused and in pain and we desperately look for answers, for help, for peace and understanding, and we can even fight for it in a way, disappointed, miserable maybe, but still without hate.
  Someone who feels hate, destroys only him/herself and.. is weak.
  And still I would be cautious from making him/her a bad person in general; he/she may have big problems at this moment and another one can simply ignite something that he/she would never do it in other circumstances.
  I once wrote about the man who fled from the accident scene where he killed a child; a good father, normal human being, yet..he did it.
  For me, if you ever experienced kindness, it stays in your heart always. You may be disappointed, hurt, but the feelings don't disappear unless this someone really hurt you, but still you don't act with hatred.
  As I wrote long time a go:
  when you forgive…something in your heart changes, breathes…love is.

  love to you and all
  Agnieszka

  [Reply]

  Reply
• KaZenDim

  July 27, 2008 at 1:15 pm

  Yes, indeed.
  Goodbye
  Damien

  [Reply]

  Reply
• Agnieszka

  July 25, 2008 at 12:49 pm

  Dear Hildegarde and Paul,
  What can I say, I know there are people that can be cruel and never show any emotion or regret, yet I still think that they are either “possesed” or “injured” emotionally so deeply that it turned their heart to stone.
  “those wounds don’t seem to heal” as Evanescence sings in “my immortal”
  So I feel that the judgement and punishment belongs to God; it doesn’t do us any good anyway. We can get sad or angry, but it has to go away because we also sometimes are not without guilt and we should also remember that we all are the children of God, behaving good or bad depending on a situation and pain inflicted and.. how the children behave when they’re hurt, they act with anger and/or tears.
  I’ve read this not a long time ago:
  “Love everyone, but the one in pain treat like a child.”
  and also
  “there are tears that burn as fire, there are harms for which there’s no judge…”
  and there’s one I really like:
  “don’t ask God about the way to Heaven because He’ll show you the most difficult one”
  Let me tell you something about someone I know; when she was a child someone very close to her left and never came back, but after many, many years all she could think of was that she love this person and she wrote a Christmas card asking this person to believe in God, with this note: I’m sorry God for the smile, that was too little, I’m sorry God for the heart, that couldn’t feel,
  I’m sorry God for the life, that went somehow not right.
  And I know that this could only come from God.

  love
  Agnieszka

  [Reply]

  Reply
• Paul from Austria

  July 25, 2008 at 9:08 am

  Dear Agnieszka, I agree to a large extent with all that you say in your posts here, however, Hildegarde’s real life situation warns us of the real dangers of not being attentive and not guarding our souls. Even when the WOL rests, his/her instincts are still sharp.

  In my particular case dear Agnieszka, I can promise you… I have the experience, & my main aim of contributing to this Blog is to try to assist others by implementing my experiences to help them relieve their pain & suffering. I can’t tell you how much this enriches my life. And please don’t misunderstand me, I do this in the first instance for others, my reward is a fortunate byproduct.

  Love, & share experiences, Paul

  [Reply]

  Reply
• Nia Wind

  July 25, 2008 at 5:00 am

  never…
  but if the warrior don´t know about things like “harming”, he/she will said:

  Oh! You want this?…?… ok…
  Hm…
  And this you want also? hm… ok…this you want? and this? and this?
  hm…wow
  You know what… You can have this and this and this… Why don´t you take EVERYTHING??? (at this moment the warrior is screaming…)
  TAKE IT…
  …
  …
  Oh…
  and?
  What?
  You don´t want it now? Will give it back? ok. of course it´s my thing… … …
  You realy don´t want it again? No?…
  Haha…hehe… *looooooool*… *smile*
  You can not handle it… *keep on laughing*…
  Idiot! No one else me can handle it…
  Tell it your friends… they maybe want taste it too…
  O.k.
  Engough…go home to your dark playing-place!!!

  The warrior is shaking his head…
  Right… left… right… left
  but with a deep loving smile and a endless time to wait…and thinks they sounded like: “they want to use my sword, couldn´t swing it, want my brain, couldn´t use it, want my heart, couldn´t feel it and they always want the wings, but had never learned to fly…”
  bye
  bye

  Nia

  [Reply]

  Reply
• Agnieszka

  July 25, 2008 at 3:22 am

  one more thought dear Paul,
  you cannot measure the pain until you experience the same.
  love
  Agnieszka

  [Reply]

  Reply
• Hildegarde

  July 25, 2008 at 1:34 am

  Dear Agnieszka,

  Thank you for your warm heart.
  I try to understand what you write and in a way I do. Still there is something I want to share…A long time ago I lost a friend who got killed by a teenager. Even when I don’t support his action I do understand that someone’s way can lead to madness by moments that you are mentioning in your comment.
  And yes hatred is not the key to help these persons.
  Still when I saw the face of the killer and heared his voice and laugh in the court I couldn’t notice one single motion of regret. The coldness on his face shared no heart. Some people forget the beat of their sound and become a danger for themselves and society. They even don’t want to open their heart.

  I have to agree with Paul that not everyone reaches the light.
  So yes take your guard with you Agnieszka when you want to touch someone’s heart to open it.

  Love
  All Ways
  Hildegarde

  [Reply]

  Reply
• Osbaldo Gutierrez -Los Angeles

  July 25, 2008 at 1:31 am

  you are amazingly intuitive with your readers.

  [Reply]

  Reply
• Agnieszka

  July 25, 2008 at 12:56 am

  Dear Paul,
  I think that no matter how lost, hurt or else the person can be if he/she let him/herself feel jealousy or/and especially hate, and act upon it, with premeditation of some kind of course, means there’s no God inside this person heart.
  There can be moments where some kind of tragedy touches us and we’re confused and in pain and we desperately look for answers, for help, for peace and understanding, and we can even fight for it in a way, disappointed, miserable maybe, but still without hate.
  Someone who feels hate, destroys only him/herself and.. is weak.
  And still I would be cautious from making him/her a bad person in general; he/she may have big problems at this moment and another one can simply ignite something that he/she would never do it in other circumstances.
  I once wrote about the man who fled from the accident scene where he killed a child; a good father, normal human being, yet..he did it.
  For me, if you ever experienced kindness, it stays in your heart always. You may be disappointed, hurt, but the feelings don’t disappear unless this someone really hurt you, but still you don’t act with hatred.
  As I wrote long time a go:
  when you forgive…something in your heart changes, breathes…love is.

  love to you and all
  Agnieszka

  [Reply]

  Reply
• Hildegarde

  July 24, 2008 at 6:36 pm

  I’m sure you will read this dear friend of Lyon,…friendship is not jealousy which leads to messages which are sharing the lost you feel.
  Friendship is not using harmfull words that shows your weakness…all this will lead to the end of our friendship.

  Love
  All Ways
  Hildegarde

  [Reply]

  Reply
• Alexandra

  July 24, 2008 at 4:18 pm

  Indeed,I think is quite obvious.But if we go deeper,is not so simple.If you are close to the person that wants to harm you?If it is your parent?Not so simple.I hope for the best.Bye

  [Reply]

  

  Laxmi Reply:
  September 18th, 2009 at 3:36 pm

  Dear Alexandra,
  You kind of echo-ed my thoughts. What if we still have to ‘keep company’ with those who wish to harm us: consiciously or unconsiously.

  Like a parent as you mentioned or a parent-in-law?

  I guess we can only protect our souls by not letting them hurt us or depress us..

  love,
  Laxmi

  [Reply]

  Reply
• Paul from Austria

  July 24, 2008 at 4:14 pm

  If only that were true dear Agnieszka ;) but don’t worry I’m a hopeless idealist too, and I really hope your well meant method works. I could give you examples of personal experiences that would make your hair curl ;) We should never drop our guard… never.

  You may have noticed some of the posts that Pseudonyms have left within these pages since the Blog began, their hearts definitely did not open, and most of them have never dared to show their “hidden faces” again. Most of them are blinded by hate & jealousy and I believe it is possibly true, that not everyone reaches the Light or achieves their Dream, which is very unfortunate for them.

  But with regard to Paulo’s QOTD, I guess we have to be careful not to confuse allowing the devil into our tent, and keeping company with those who wish to harm us….? Or doesn’t the devil wish to harm us? Are we always immediately aware of those who wish to harm us…? Often not, until it is too late. Are we to be considered naive or stupid when we allow his to occur? Mmmm food for thought.

  Love, but keep a guard on your soul, Paul

  [Reply]

  Reply
• Agnieszka

  July 24, 2008 at 1:13 pm

  Maybe I am naive, but I don’t really believe that there are people who wants to harm you. I believe that everybody is good inside, we just have to touch him/her with a heart and the door to his/her heart will open.
  love
  Agnieszka

  [Reply]

  Reply