Happiness is just another of the tricks that our genetic system plays on us to carry out its only role, which is the survival of the species.

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• Paulo Coelho:

  Things do not always happen the way I would like them to happen, and I had better get used to that.

• Paulo Coelho:

  The more violent the storm, the quicker it passes.

• Paulo Coelho:

  Sometimes I catch myself stooping, and whenever I am like that, I am sure something is not quite ri

• Paulo Coelho:

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• Paulo Coelho:

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  Elegance is achieved when all that is superfluous has been discarded and the human being discovers

• Paulo Coelho:

  Let us be absolutely clear about one thing: we must not confuse humility with false modesty or serv

• Pope John Paul II:

  An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded.