Stories for Parents, Children and Grandchildren - Volume 1 Quotes

“You are capable of explaining everything you feel. Why don't you go to the Emperor and talk to him?”
― Paulo Coelho, Stories for Parents, Children and Grandchildren - Volume 1

“we sometimes carry the sacred fire in our hearts, but have no idea where that flame came from.”
― Paulo Coelho, Stories for parents, children and grandchildren: Volume 1

“There were some amazing items for sale: stones on which the virtuous could stumble, mirrors that increased one's own sense of importance and spectacles that diminished other people's importance. Hanging on the wall were a few other prize objects: a dagger with a curved blade for stabbing people in the back and tape recorders that recorded only gossip and lies.”
― Paulo Coelho, Stories for Parents, Children and Grandchildren - Volume 1

“I weep for Narcissus, but I never noticed that he was beautiful. I weep for him because whenever he lay on my banks and looked into my waters, I could see my own beauty reflected in his eyes.”
― Paulo Coelho, Stories for Parents, Children and Grandchildren - Volume 1

“Confucius sat down to rest, and his students immediately started asking him questions. On that day, he was in a good mood and so decided to answer. Someone asked him:”
― Paulo Coelho, Stories for Parents, Children and Grandchildren - Volume 1

“I needed to pass on those secrets to a man I knew well. All my students are terribly virtuous and only show their good qualities. That is dangerous, for virtue often serves to hide vanity, pride and intolerance. That is why I chose the one student I knew really well, the one whose faults I could see most clearly.”
― Paulo Coelho, Stories for Parents, Children and Grandchildren - Volume 2

“If only we could achieve the same thing now: to make goodness such an ordinary thing that there would be no need to praise those who practise it.”
― Paulo Coelho, Stories for parents, children and grandchildren: Volume 1

“I have just taught you the most important lesson about the power of thought,’ replied Raman. ‘When you want something, concentrate only on that: no one will ever hit a target they cannot see.”
― Paulo Coelho, Stories for parents, children and grandchildren: Volume 1

“And although God is always close, if you don't pray, you will never manage to feel His presence.”
― Paulo Coelho, Stories for Parents, Children and Grandchildren - Volume 1