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
Knowledge without transformation is not wisdom.
My turning point was my pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. It was then that I, who had dedicated most of my life to penetrate the 'secrets' of the universe, realized that there are no secrets. Life is and will always be a mystery.
Mistakes you commit through audacity are easily corrected with more audacity.
Moving slowly enables us to learn faster.
When I had all the answers, the questions changed.
I write to empty my mind and to fill my heart.
Even if you follow other people's advice and model successful people and their blueprints, you will still fail if you don't have confidence in yourself. Everything - absolutely everything - starts with you.
You can achieve anything if you believe in yourself. But the opposite is also true; without strong self-belief you will not go far.
A warrior takes every opportunity to teach himself.
Remember the saying, What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger? It's true!
I've never been as happy as I am now, because I followed the signs, I was patient, and I know that this is going to change everything.
I can control my destiny, but not my fate. Destiny means there are opportunities to turn right or left, but fate is a one-way street. I believe we all have the choice as to whether we fulfil our destiny, but our fate is sealed.
The gigantic tension before the shooting of an arrow, and the total relaxation seconds later, is my way of connecting to the universe.
I am learning the Language of World and everything in the world is beginning to make sense to me