Aleph

by Paulo Coelho

It isn’t what you did in the past that will affect the present. It’s what you do in the present that will redeem the past and thereby change the future.”

We will always need to be humble enough to accept that our hearts know why we are here.

Words are tears that have been written down. Tears are words that need to be shed.

we’re together, that will continue to be the case, because you have someone by your side who knows you, and this gives you a false sense of familiarity. It’s time you continued on alone. You may find solitude oppressive, too much to bear, but that feeling will gradually disappear as you come more into contact with other people.”

Inhale deeply and ask for all the blessings in the air to enter your body and fill every cell. Then exhale slowly, projecting happiness and peace around you. Repeat this ten times. You’ll be helping to heal yourself and contributing to healing the world as well.”

“At this moment, the rails and the wheels of the train are in conflict, and we can hear the noise of that friction between metals. But the rail justifies the existence of the wheel and vice versa. The noise made by the metal is irrelevant; it’s merely a manifestation, not a cry of complaint.”

All I can do is tell this story and hope that God will hear me.’ ”

If something touches the code of our soul, it is remembered forever and affects whatever comes afterward.

Spiritual growth doesn’t always arrive hand in hand with wisdom.

At that time, when tribes had to keep traveling in their constant search for food, it was impossible to build temples or altars. There was only the All, in whose womb the tribe journeyed ever onward.

According to traditions throughout the world, birds are the messengers of the gods.

When they knock at your door, be sure to open it. When they lose something and come to you, do whatever you can to help them find what they have lost. First, though, ask; knock at the door and find out what is missing from your life. A hunter always knows what to expect—eat or be eaten.”