Gladdening quotes from Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho

Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho is the is a soul awakening novel which compels us to think about things which we never thought of, and things we thought of in a different way. It makes us question our thinking, way of living and decision making. When i read this novel for the very first time, i actually analysed my whole life and how many decisions in my life were based on what will the society say? I realised a hell lot of my life decisions were made just to please the society, but the question is it worth it to always need the approval of the society? can’t i just me whole damn self?

Here are some quotes Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho which make you realise what are the things that society never told us, no school taught us and parents never informed us.

1. Making mistakes is just part of life

“Everything around tells me that I am about to make a mistake, but making mistakes is just part of life, aren’t they? What does the world want of me? Does it want me to take no risks, to go back to where I came from because I didn’t have the courage to say “yes” to life?”

Taking risk is just the part of our life, say yes to your, open your arms and embrace adventures. You would never know what would happen next, live your fully.

2. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself

“When I had nothing to lose in my life, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.”

Stop what the society wants you to be, just what your inner self says. Tell yourself everyday “I can be selfish, stupid, sensitive, strong, weak, or any other kind of person i want to be, but i can not be fake.”

3. Passion makes a person stop eating, sleeping, working, feeling at peace.

“Passion makes a person stop eating, sleeping, working, feeling at peace. A lot of people are scared because, when it happens, it demolishes all the old things it finds in its path.”

4. I can choose to be an adventurer in search of treasure or victim of the world.

“I can choose to be an adventurer in search of treasure or victim of the world. It’s all a question of how I see my life.”

So true, it’s your wish what sort of a person you want to be and how you want your life to be. Don’t let anybody else make decisions of your life.

5. No one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone

“No one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it”

The key to happiness. The day you will understand it, is the day you would be the happiest person. No one owns anyone, don’t expect people to live their life as you want . Isn’t this the most beautiful thing in the world that someone is staying by your side because they want stay. The most beautiful relationship is the one where there are no obligations.

6. Strongest and the best love is the love that can demonstrate its weakness.

Not many people understand this, demonstrating weakness is the purest form of love.

7. Don’t listen to the malicious comments of those friends who, never taking any risks themselves, can only see other people’s failures.

People who have themselves done nothing in their life will always be afraid of failure. Once you have tasted failure you are never afraid of it and that’s the day you win. The people who never took risks in their won’t know how good it feels to overcome the risks.

8. The person who gives him or herself wholly, the person who feels freest, is the person who loves most wholeheartedly.

9. Human beings can withstand a week without water, two weeks without food, many years of homelessness, but not loneliness.

Loneliness can actually kill you, it can make you do things that you never thought you could do. It traps your mind and makes you think worst possible things.

10. In love, no one can harm anyone; we are each responsible for our own feelings and cannot blame someone else for what we feel like.