Quote from Paulo Coelho

Joy is sometimes a blessing, but it is often a conquest.
Our magic moment helps us to change and send us off in search of our dreams.
Yes, we are going to suffer, we will have difficult times, and we wil experience many disapointments-
but all this transitory; it leaves no permanent mark.
And one day we will look back with pride and faith at the journey we have taken.

Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks.
Perhaps this person will never be dissapointed or disillusioned;
perhaps she won't suffer the way people do when they have a dream to follow.
But when that person looks back - and at some point everyone looks back -
she will hear her heart saying,
"What have you done with the miracles that God planted in your days?
What have you done with talents God bestowed on you?
You buried yourself in a cave because you were fearful of losing those talents.
So, this is your heritage: the certainty that you wasted your life."