By the River Piedra, I sat down and wept
| Rating: | ★★★ |
| Category: | Books |
| Genre: | Religion & Spirituality |
| Author: | Paulo Coelho |
There are a lot of lines that are very inspiring and I've written them down for your reference. Though its an inspiring book, the book would sometimes bore you. It would be suggestive if you read it before going to bed so you can reflect about your life and relationship with God.
Perhaps love makes us old before our time--or young, if youth has passed.
pg.2
You have to take risks. We'll only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.
Joy is sometimes a blessing but it is often a conquest. Our magic moment helps us to change and sends us off in search of our dreams. Yes, we will have difficult times, but all of this is transitor; it leaves no permanent mark. And one day we will look back with pride and faith at the journey we have taken.
Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks. Perhaps this person will never be disappointed or disillusioned; perhaps she won't suffer the way people do when they have a dream to follow. So this is their heritage: the certainty that you wasted your life.
Pitiful are the people who must realize this. Because when they are finally able to believe in miracles their life's magic moments will have already passed them by.
pg.8-9
At any given moment in our lives, there are certain things that could have happened but didn't. The magic moments go unrecognized, and then suddenly, the hand of destiny changes everything.
pg.10
In real life, love has to be possible. Even if it is not returned right away, love can only survive when the hope exists that you will be able to win over the person you desire. Anything else is fantasy.
pg.33
It's better to lose some battles in the struggle for your dreams than to be defeated without ever even knowing what you're fighting for.
pg.56
Love is like a narcotic. At first it brings the euphoria of complete surrender. The next day, you want more. You're not addicted yet, but you like the sensation and you think you can still control things. You think about the person you love for two mins., and forget them for three hours. But then you get used to that person, and you begin to be completelydependent on them. Now you think about him for three hours and forget him for two minutes.If he's not there, you feel like an addict who can't get a fix. And just as addicts steal and humiliate themselves to get what they need, you're willing to do anything for love.
pg.60
But love is always new. Regardless of whether we love once, twice or a dozen times in our life, we always face a brand-new situation. Love can consign us to hell or to paradise but it always takes us somewhere. We simply have to accept it because it is what nourishes our existence...
pg.79
The moment we begin to seek love love begins to seek us....And to save us.
pg.79
...I prayed that the Holy Spirit would manifest itself and teach me what I needed to know.
pg.92
The Other is always afraid of saying something that might sound silly.
pg.92
We are our own greatest surprise.
The gift is there for anyone who will accept it. One has onl to believe, accept and be willing to make mistakes. Accept the gift. And then the gift manifests itself.
pg.93
There are many ways to serve our Lord. If you feel that's our destiny, go in search of it. Only a man who is happy can create happiness in others.
pg.104
A person who goes in search of God is wasting time. He can walk a thousand roads and join many religions and sects-but he'll never find God that way.
God is here, right now at our side. We can see Him in this mist, in the ground we're walking on, even in my shoes. His angels keep watch while we sleep and help us in our work. In order to find God, you only have to look around.
But meeting him is not easy. The more God asks us to participate in His mysteries, the more disoriented we become, because He asks us constantly to follow our dreams and our hearts. And that's difficult to do when we're used to living in a different way
...All you have to do is have faith and accept God. From then on, each of us becomes a part of His path. We become a vehicle for His miracles.
pg.136-137
God came to earth to demonstrate His power to us. We are part of His dream and He wants His dream to be a happy one. Thus, if we acknowledge that God created us for happiness, then we have to assume that everything that leads to sadness and defeat is our own doing. That's the reason why we always kill God, whether on the cross, by fire through exile, or simpl in our hearts.
pg.138
The world itself has a soul, and at a certain moment, that soul acts on everyone and everything at the same time."
pg147
The closer we get to God through our faith, the simpler He becomes. And the simpler He becomes the greater is His presence."
pg.166
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