A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.
Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.
However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them? An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.
Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.
The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.
The tongue like a sharp knife… Kills without drawing blood.
Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.
Siddhārtha Gautama, regarded as the Supreme Buddha ( The time of his birth and death are uncertain: most early 20th-century historians dated his lifetime as c. 563 BCE to 483 BCE)
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tenho uma historia para contar,meu primeiro livro do paulo coelho que li foi o diario de um mago apartir deste momento comecei a adiguirir os livros do paulo.
temos que reviver o poder da liberdade, e do amor hoje entendo o que vc estar qeurendo dizer com todos seus livros gostaria de falar isso para vc obrigado por tudo o conhecimento que vc passa para todos seus leitores.
I am born to be a Buddhist and I am proud to be a Buddhist. Thank you sir for sharing your delightful ideas over Buddha. Beezay- from the birthplace of Buddha, Nepal.
I am happy to know that at least you know the birth place of Lord Buddha is NEPAL. I am amazed to see thousands of people still don’t know that birth place of Buddha is Nepal. India is lying the world. Indian media often say that Buddha was born in India which is Not True. I sincerely request you to help others know the truth.
Thank You!
Bello quanto leggo, veritiero…Ho letto Siddhartha, mi piace molto (piu’candele non alimentano la vita di una candela,assieme fanno piu’luce.L’amore trattenuto e’ come una candela fioca,l’amore donato come tante candele vicine,emette piu energia,perche’ comporta l’aiuto di piu’ persone,e la loro complicita’.Luce e amore generano il bene* BUON inizio settimana Paulo**SUERTE****
I feel little bit more wise when i read u
thanks god to have given us paulo
my prayer:god bless him
in sharing we expand our love. Thanks for this wonderful write.
I’m thankfull!
And thank You for sharing this!!!
i live n drunk with buddha
Truly, beautiful words of wisdom!
Thank you, sir for posting this! A good reminder for us all.
~V.
Wow ! what wisdom !!:)
Always – I repeat – ALWAYS – you say things to me just when I need to hear them the most; just when life and everything about it seems low; just when I feel like quitting; just when I feel let down by everything I ever stood for, believed in, loved, revered. You seem to suddenly come out of the oblivion and SPEAK TO ME. Whenever my heart is aching/hurting, you bring it to life. You make it alive again. I am back to BELIEVING. Thank you for being a part of my life, Paulo. Thank you for being the voice between me and Him.
You said exactly what I was thinking but wasn’t able to say :)
Thank you, Ajita <3
Eu fui budista por alguns anos, até decidir que preferia não seguir uma religião; ainda assim até hoje gosto de estudar os ensinamentos desse Mestre iluminado. A filosofia budista é sublime.
Obrigada por TUDO.
Beijos <3
Buddha tells me to talk less and smile more! No wait a minute. It was Santosh who told me this. Smiling. Nevertheless, Santosh probably know more about Buddha than any of us here. Thank you for sharing your faith with us. We Westerners needs you Easterners. Oops.. did I talk too much again.
some people are waiting for your sweet words, so never ever bother about talking more.
u westerners have given us esaterners means to live a better material life, so happy to see that now we all join our hands togather for a life rich on the outsdie and inside too. others may know more about life and times of buddha, but whoever is pure in heart ( like u are ) knows the heart of buddha, is enshrined in the heart of buddha.
Currently I am listening to Osho talk about Buddha….he was one of the greatest soul ever. The best part, he was not preachy. Moreover, his work will always remain contemporary, always apt for every generation! Thanks Paulo for sharing these enlightening words….I think I am drawn towards Buddha’s work more than ever :)…. Thanks for always inspiring us! God bless..
“Happiness never decreases by being shared.” The same with Love and yet we are all short in sharing. Chom
PAOLO COELHO
Perhaps we should begin by asking you
All the things we would know – to inhabit
One tiny piece of your immortal soul –
Lesser becoming greater, destroying
Objects of desire, by our obsession.
Consider this: whether this fate is true
OM, the culmination of life – in its
Ending, giving yourself to all, a role
Lived by few; altruism wrought new, bringing
Hope, health, new dimensions to possessions
Or is it just a dream – wish fulfillment ?
Paolo, do not spread yourself to all sides
Coelho is a revered name, world wide;
Pedestals everywhere are yours: decide.
Neill Edwards
July, 2010
enlightening words! Thank you for sharing them.
When I read your books, Mr. Coelho, I am amazed by how much you know about the light. What experience brought you so much insight and knowledge? Do you know many people who share that knowledge?
Like all seekers, we are drawn to discover what’s out there without knowing yet if we have the courage to face it. Like all sincere seekers of the Light, we are also drawn to discover what’s in here (the heart) without knowing yet if we have the courage to face it. The discovery is death (that’s where the courage is needed) with a resurrection into the Light and Love(that keeps us on a path of self-enquiry forever…)
Чтобы вечно сгорать и быть,надо рвать без печали звенья.(Максимилиан Волошин)
praise is a dream we should learn how to keep it in our thoughts awake and unconscious sleep…that’s right …in order to complete random changing life !!!
…more simplistically: the very basis of the “glass half full” concept.
Thank you!
Thank you very much indeed! It was if just as you read my mind… Or was it God that made you send it to me?
:)
Very nice!
I love the photo, one can imagine whatever face he wants and put it there! Or maybe leave it faceless (i.e. containing all the faces)..
“An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.”
interessante…
Dear Sir Paulo,
Its Amazing that i get truly …deeply inspired by each and every single word of yours:)Better if i could say you never let me think of any negativism!!I can never stop thanking you Sir Angel!!May God bless you and your beloveds around!!
True!!People who never failed are those who never try:)
Adore him..:)))
thank you sir…
i conform with the view, an idea is only an idea until its made to work…also your philosophy could be great, but if its of no use to me, then nothing like condemning it!
i’m reading “the winner stand alone” these days, so there’s a connection with you everyday…i feel you are taking care of me these days…hope you stay in good health!
Amen to that!
“Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.”
great attitude, i must say, i mean almost fitting a buddha ! but tell me does it not go against the spirit of creativity, where one allows a little discontent, a little stress, a little unsatisfaction, unthankfullness for the things as they are, then only creativity comes about, no ??
and ahha!! now we have heirarchy even in buddhahood – supreme buddha ??
for all his great thoughts, what did Gautama create other than thoughts, what great things got created, inspired by Buddha.
and what reply has siddhartha / gautama has for the new born child whom he abandoned when that child was only 1 day old. The child understands, his father like all fathers was restless, looking for this or that; but after Buddha attained, why could he not come back, completed his family obligations first and then gone back to his bunch of followers. Buddha is unforgiven !
love
Dear Devil’s Advocate
Buddha doesnt need our unforgiveness or forgiveness :)
As far as little boy Rahul is concerned he got initiated in teaching at such a young age and attained the peaceful state as far as Buddha’s wife yashodhara she also attained the same peace;pls put some effort to know these simple facts about Buddha on your own rather than subcribing to hesrseys..
with all Luv & compassion for your devil tendancy:)
A seeker
Beautiful sayings !
‘Fa bi-ayyi alaa’ ei rabbikuma tukazzibaan ?’
(and how many favours of God can you deny ? )
Truely,we cannot even think of how many blessings the Creator has bestowed upon us.It is is only when something is taken away from us that we realise it’s worth !
So be grateful indeed for everything.
Besides gratitude multiplies blessings and happiness :)
Paulo this is a simple philosophy we should all live our lives by. It makes each day of our short time on this earth worthwhile and truly precious. Thankyou.
Siddartha Gautam a.k.a Gautam Buddha was born in Lumbini , Nepal. I am so proud that I too am a Nepali.
agradecia por tener a un escritor como tú!
cada vez que leo algo tuyo me lleno de paz, amor, esperanza, fé!
gracias! :D
‘Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals’.
I can remember, AMBITION has been my worst enemy when I was 18 years old!! I did not have enough patience. But to become a pianist, talent is not enough… I thought that the years in front of me with hard study were .. AEONS and that I was going to miss the … pleasures of life!! Silly me! What pleasures, since I have ‘killed’ my dream, the real ME? ;-]
Today, I AM THANKFUL for being alive, for my children and grand-children, my good and bad experiences in life and for the LOVE I feel and the LOVE given to me, by my family, my friends, you, dearest Paulo Coelho, the Warriors of the Light friends and most of all I THANK GOD and I surrender to HIS WILL.
LOVE,
Thelma xxx
very very thankful to you for helping me read these enlightening words……..
love to all!
I love the phrase about the candle and hapiness, that did not dicrease if being shared. And about the foot felt when touching the ground. Thank you for sharing
Now I notice the symbol…next Buddha.Let me share my poem…
Solstice
By Alexandra Mănescu
I was eagerly wainting
The blinding hot light
But
Hows thats
Heavy snow falls in my heart?
So
I start walking on a winding path penitently
I hear the air
Singing an angelic refrain
The snow become drops of water
Tinkling
My feet feel the warm earth
Invitation to dance
Among graceful sylphid
I dance in circle
The concentric dance
Attracts me like a typhoon towards heights
I reach the peak of the Light
My dress is a white
Lotus flower.
Loved the nice picture and the words written below
Life is more beautiful if hapiness is shared
We should be thankful to god who created us and gave us uncounted gifts in this life. Being thankful is an important thing in our life as it’s mentioned in Quran and in sunnah. May allah bless you all
Thank you so much for the nice thoughts, I become addicted reading your words always waiting for new idea I feel like you are saying what is in my inner mind but not able to translate it in words, thanks again
I am grateful to be free to know and see the love and not understand everything in this life
Loooooove this! Thank you so much. I’ve written it here before, your “Character of the Week” is my favorite feature on your blog.
love this!
yup. we should be thankful for every waking day we’re having.
thank you paulo for coming to my life.
=)
Made me shed a tear. Let us all rise and be thankful indeed!!
Reading your article always encouraging and giving me spirit of life!
Thanks, Mr. Coelho :D
Hoy es dia de Santiago,el Maior,el Hijo del Trueno.Como hoy es domingo,este año es Jacobeo.
HERRU,SANTIAGO!
Como dicen por alla: “A Dios orando y con el mazo dando”,no te olvides.
Saludos a todos los pregrinos en la Tierra.
Buena señal: mi marido me trajo tu nuevo livro de Rio,justo hoy dia!Seguro que va a gustar…
Saludos a ti y Chris.
I especially love the “thousands of candles” (though I love all of them).
Thanks for sharing, Paulo :)
I love everything you have posted, all the words and I am So thankful that if I should die today, I would die a happy woman, in love with all of life and thankful for everything!
Thank you for Buddha! the photo is really awesome i love it.
Love and kisses
xxoo
Really inspiring. Mantap!
Come to Borobudur, have you mister?!
:)
Loved this!
I am thankful for this!
OM MANI PADME HUM :)
Being grateful rocks :)
Que coisa maravilhosa Paulo!!! Você sempre com essa energia que toca profundamente o coração. É luz, é amor, é felicidade!! Buda.. Grande Sabedoria!!! Você plenitude de energia!!! Felicidades !!!
the tongue like a sharp knife …kills without drawing blood..wow,that means watch your words….talk less,smile more and trust in God and do the right…god bless
yeah !! seeker
what we hear about buddha is all hearsay my freind, for written records were not started till much later, winners write history, my freind. please don’t tick me off so easily, i know the buddha, but accepting even buddha’s words without a ‘fight’ is not a wols way. about rahul and yashodhara, forget what hearsay or hsitory tells us, be uashodhara and be rahul and feel. at age of 12 years when it is not age even to start playing around, has not known sex ( remember buddha was overfed with sex ), what ??
desist from taking as facts what is presented to u as facts, even statitical figures can be manipulated to present ‘coloured’ facts.
love
aditya
Cada pessoa tem o livre arbítrio para seguir a sua filosofia de vida. O respeito ao próximo faz parte da sabedoria do viver!!!
I reached the same exact conclusion a few days ago dear Aditya…when I was reading another blog. Theories are just theories, so we must trust our hearts and listen to the signs the Lord is sending us. The Lord sends us signs through in many different ways and it will be up to us to distinguish the truth. Budha mentions this “Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.” I think this includes the love and relationship we develop with God.
Love and light
Monica
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