Like the Flowing River: Thoughts and Reflections

Like the Flowing River: Thoughts and Reflections
Paulo Coelho

A breathtaking collection of reflections from one of the world's best loved storytellers, Paulo Coelho.In this riveting collection of thoughts and stories, Paulo Coelho, the author of ‘The Alchemist’, offers his personal reflections on a wide range of subjects from archery and music to elegance, traveling and the nature of good and evil.An old woman explains to her grandson how a mere pencil can show him the path to happiness…instructions on how to climb a mountain reveal the secret to making your dreams a reality…the story of Ghengis Khan and the Falcon that teaches about the folly of anger – and the art of friendship…a pianist who performs an example in fulfilling your destiny…the author learns three important lessons when he goes to the rescue of a man in the street – Paulo shows us how life has lessons for us in the greatest, smallest and most unusual of experiences.‘Like the Flowing River’ includes jewel-like fables, packed with meaning and retold in Coelho's inimitable style. Sharing his thoughts on spirituality, life and ethics, Paulo touches you with his philosophy and invites you to go on an exciting journey of your own.

Like the Flowing River: Thoughts and Reflections

Paulo Coelho

Translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa

Be like the flowing river,

Silent in the night.

Be not afraid of the dark.

If there are stars in the sky, reflect them back.

If there are clouds in the sky,

Remember, clouds, like the river, are water,

So, gladly reflect them too,

In your own tranquil depths.

Manuel Bandeira

Table of Contents

Cover Page (#ub901ba67-6041-5d18-aa31-3d5de8905488)

Title Page (#ubba54d18-7bfc-5bd7-b8f3-a7e1c4e20415)

Epigraph (#u00774fd3-45b9-506d-a191-2e9dc53cab64)

Preface (#u0b5fa282-ca90-5115-ade2-a896683dd60f)

A Day at the Mill (#u46e7e5d6-6247-5d79-82bf-76db50ecc9d7)

Prepared for Battle, But With a Few Doubts (#u80416f08-edec-5d35-9ac8-2aaaefa946d9)

The Way of the Bow (#ufd3fdc22-df9d-54ba-b9d5-7a641d6c1e68)

The Story of the Pencil (#u417fa535-b952-5f32-ad4b-3a97fea19ff4)

How to Climb Mountains (#u281219d7-e9f6-5558-bbda-ea94ef4c6790)

The Importance of a Degree (#u9100836c-b408-5327-8c79-97e4f5407538)

In a Bar in Tokyo (#ucf97caa2-9215-5d8d-9a82-cfe369756081)

The Importance of Looking (#u7dc54703-5844-507f-8904-b059abca9ee3)

Genghis Khan and His Falcon (#u35d782bd-2e77-50c7-a14f-e4dbf88a5105)

Looking at Other People’s Gardens (#u35865b6a-cd4d-58d9-a831-9c5595c82df1)

Pandora’s Box (#u0f8ad781-c3ec-5477-ab3d-575862a7279a)

How One Thing Can Contain Everything (#u9ee6d8e7-f2b1-536a-b409-ac4c2f1c885a)

The Music Coming from the Chapel (#u2a0dc1b9-15b6-5cab-a383-a6224f10cdf3)

The Devil’s Pool (#u9343f748-0f31-5c93-9b28-0c73734e6442)

The Solitary Piece of Coal (#u8dd9da03-0383-5c5a-b722-bcc652bd2b80)

The Dead Man Wore Pyjamas (#uc69d459a-5409-5b10-ae0d-226521aa328d)

Manuel Is an Important and Necessary Man (#u988a2c08-7a68-54ae-b7b6-51ee931400c7)

Manuel Is a Free Man (#ubaa5415b-065a-59fd-b724-21386359e583)

Manuel Goes to Paradise (#litres_trial_promo)

In Melbourne (#litres_trial_promo)

The Pianist in the Shopping Mall (#litres_trial_promo)

On My Way to the Chicago Book Fair (#litres_trial_promo)

Of Poles and Rules (#litres_trial_promo)

The Piece of Bread That Fell Wrong Side Up (#litres_trial_promo)

Of Books and Libraries (#litres_trial_promo)

Prague, 1981 (#litres_trial_promo)

For the Woman Who Is All Women (#litres_trial_promo)

A Visitor Arrives from Morocco (#litres_trial_promo)

My Funeral (#litres_trial_promo)

Restoring the Web (#litres_trial_promo)

These Are My Friends (#litres_trial_promo)