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
When we marry, we are authorized to take possession of the other person, body and soul.
If u behave differently, u will be expelled from the tribe because u can infect others and destroy something that was extremely difficult to organize in the first place.
Never make a fuss-it might attract the attention of an enemy tribe.
We must play music quietly, talk quietly, weep in private, because I am the all-powerful Zahir, who lays down the rules and determines the distance between railway tracks, the meaning of success, the best way to love, the importance of rewards.
Suffering has no strength to wound a weary body.
The brave are always stubborn
Courage is fear that prays.
The best way to know and destroy an enemy is to pretend to become his friend.
That is a question we cannot answer before, or even during, the trials. Only when we have overcome them do we understand why they were there.
The old shepherd was right: The only solution was to forget a part of uncertainty and create a new history for oneself.
Fear reaches only to the point where the unavoidable begins; from there on, it loses its meaning. And all we have left is the hope that we are making the right decision.
... but the greatest wisdom is blinded by the glare of vanity.
His [Elijah] heart was beginning to give signs of alarm; he was enjoying being at this woman's side. Love could be a more frightening experience than standing before Ahab's soldier with an arrow aimed at his heart; if the arrow had struck him, he would be dead -and the rest was up to God. But if love struck him, he alone would have to take responsibility for the consequences.
We are all different, and should do what we can do te remain so.