Hippie

by Paulo Coelho

He had spent a good part of his youth afraid of everything, now was the time to show courage in the face of life and the unfamiliar path he was about to tread.

Fight because you need to fight, because you’re facing a battle.

life is all about figuring it out.

“A man in search of spirituality knows little, because he reads of it and tries to fill his intellect with what he judges wise. Trade your books for madness and wonder—then you will be a bit closer to what you seek. Books bring us opinions and studies, analyses and comparisons, while the sacred flame of madness brings us to the truth.”

The search for knowledge is an attempt to wash oneself with sand when a well of clean water can be found right next to us.”

‘The Truth is what makes us free. You will know the Truth and the Truth shall set you free,’

“Because a life without love isn’t worth living. What is a life without love? It’s a tree that bears no fruit. It’s sleeping without dreaming.

because once you love someone, don’t you begin to love everyone?

She was scared, but it was good; it was good and terrifying at the same time to discover you were alive, to know that in the end something called death awaits, and still be capable of living each moment without worrying about this.

and that was true love, a question for which there is no answer.