Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho de Souzais a Brazilian lyricist and novelist. He is the recipient of numerous international awards, amongst them the Crystal Award by the World Economic Forum. His novel The Alchemist has been translated into 80 languages. The author has sold over 200 million copies worldwide and is the all-time bestselling Portuguese language author...
NationalityBrazilian
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth24 August 1947
CityRio de Janeiro, Brazil
CountryBrazil
God hides the fires of hell within paradise.
When you repeat a mistake, it is not a mistake anymore: it is a decision.
The act of discovering who we are will force us to accept that we can go further than we think.
We cannot all see the dreams in the same way.
Love will never separate a man from his personal legend.
The closer you get to your dream, the more your personal legend becomes your real reason for living.
Choose the mountain you want to climb: don't pay attention to what other people say, such as "that one's more beautiful" or "this one's easier". You'll be spending lots of energy and enthusiasm to reach your objective, so you're the only one responsible and you should be sure of what you're doing.
We can let the energy of love flow instead of placing it in a jar and leaving it aside.
We need to forget what we think we are, so that we can really become what we are.
The moment of that kiss contained every happy moment I had ever lived.
We still did not answer the questions that are important to us
The glory of the world is transitory, and we should not measure our lives by it, but by the choice we make to follow our personal legend, to believe in our utopias and to fight for our dreams.
Faith is difficult to conquer and requires daily battles if it is to be maintained.
Choosing one path means abandoning others - if you try to follow every possible path you will end up following none.