Paulo Coelho Quotes

The only trap I must beware not to fall into, is to think that each day is the same as the next. In fact, each morning brings with it a hidden miracle, and we must pay attention to this miracle.

The capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention.

For the next week, try the best you can to pay attention to sounds. You will start hearing all these sounds coming in. Once you let them in, you've already done the first and most critical thing, you've honored that information by including it. And by doing that, you've actually changed the world.

Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time - like to have a friend takes time.

Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives: where we focus our attention.

There's beauty everywhere. There are amazing things happening everywhere, you just have to be able to open your eyes and witness it. Some days, that's harder than others.

Splendid architecture, the love of your life, an old friend... they can all go drifting by unseen if you're not careful.

If you pay attention to the world, it's an amazing place. If you don't, it's whatever you think it is.

If we practice hard enough, we can become thoroughly interested in even the simplest things of daily life, the way a child would. The smallest things would become so meaningful, they might even be worth a few words or a photograph, whatever method you use to capture them.

Once you appreciate one of your blessings, one of your senses, your sense of hearing, then you begin to respect the sense of seeing and touching and tasting, you learn to respect all the senses.

Something that's very important is to preserve the sense of surprise, the sense of discovery. The eye of the person you are talking to, your shadow on the ground. It's important not to get suffocated by all the things in life and lose that sense of surprise.

If you don’t see the wonder in the most ordinary phenomenon, you’re not going to resonate very much.

If you pay close attention to each day, you will discover the magic moment.

Try to be surprised by something every day.

Keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life.

The whole world is a series of miracles, but we're so used to them we call them ordinary things.

Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you.

It is only the consciousness of a nonexistence which allows us to realize for moments that we are living.

When you start using senses you've neglected, your reward is to see the world with completely fresh eyes.

When you pay attention to boredom it gets unbelievably interesting.

As long as I am still interested and curious, I enjoy getting up in the morning, but I can't say I have a happy smile on my face 24/7.

Many people are alive but don't touch the miracle of being alive.

For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed, they must be interrupted.

The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.

Life never becomes a habit to me. It's always a marvel.