I'm not saying that love always takes you to heaven. Your life can become a nightmare. But that said, it is worth taking the risk.
Paulo Coelho
What interests me in life is curiosity, challenges, the good fight with its victories and defeats.
Jesus lived a life that was full of joy and contradictions and fights, you know? If they were to paint a picture of Jesus without contradictions, the... →
Everybody is a political person, whether you say something or you are silent. A political attitude is not whether you go to parliament; it's how... →
We have lost contact with reality, the simplicity of life.
I believe enlightenment or revelation comes in daily life. I look for joy, the peace of action. You need action. I'd have stopped writing years... →
The mountain music... is compelling music in its own right, harking back to a time when music was a part of everyday life and not something performed... →
Ethan Coen
The most important of all rights is the right to life, and I cannot foresee a day when domesticated animals will be granted that right in law.
J. M. Coetzee
In its conception the literature prize belongs to days when a writer could still be thought of as, by virtue of his or her occupation, a sage... →
The writers who have the deepest influence on one are those one reads in ones more impressionable, early life, and often it is the more youthful... →