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
By changing the way you do routine things you allow a new man to grow inside you.
Certain things are so important that they need to be discovered alone.
Sometimes it is impossible to stop the river of life.
Every human being has inside them something more important than him or herself - his or her Gift.
The Lord only demands of us what is within our capabilities.
The warrior of light knows that everything around him - his victories, his defeats, his enthusiasm and his despondency - form part of his Good Fight.
Courage. By beginning the journey with that word and continuing with faith in God, you will arrive wherever you need to arrive.
Judging yourself to be full of virtue paralyses. Judging yourself to be full of guilt also paralyses.
The great blessing of life is the existence of tomorrows - and having dreams to realize.
We are all capable of achieving whatever we want and need.
When someone wants something, they must know why they are fighting. This is the only reason to seek a reward.
The Gift belongs to whoever chooses to accept it. It is enough to believe and not to be afraid to make a few mistakes.
Attacking or fleeing are part of the struggle; being paralysed by fear is not.
An enemy always represents a weakness. This might be fear of physical pain, but it could also be a premature sense of victory or the desire to abandon the fight because it is no longer worthwhile.