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
That's what the world is like: people talk as if they knew everything, but ifyou dare to ask a question, they don't know anything.
I love you', though, were three words she had often heard during her twenty-two years, and it seemed to her that they were now completely devoid of meaning, because they had never turned into anything serious or deep, never translated into a lasting relationship.
Dreaming is very pleasant as long as you are not forced to put your dreams into practice. That way, we avoid all the risks, frustrations and difficulties, and when we are old, we can always blame other people - preferably our parents, our spouses or our children - for our failure to realise our dreams.
Anyone who interferes with the destiny of another thing never will discover his own.
People learn, early in their lives, what is their reason for being. Maybe that's why they give up on it so early, too.
Once in a mental hospital, a person grows used to the the freedom that exists in the world of insanity and becomes addicted to it.
To the warriors of light, there is no such thing as impossible love. They don’t allow themselves to be intimidated by silence, or by rejection. They know that – behind the icy mask people wear – there is a heart of fire. That is why the warriors risk more than others. They tirelessly seek love – even if this means hearing, many times over, the word ‘no’, returning home defeated, feeling rejected in body and soul. Warriors don’t allow themselves to be discouraged. Without love, live has no meaning.
Most important and most vulnerable of human emotions; Love.
Having the courage to take the steps we always wanted to take is the only way of showing that we trust in God.
Love was the key to understanding all of the mysteries.
Nothing will behave in the logical way you have come to expect.
You had to take risks, follow some paths and abandon others.
In order not to suffer, you had to renounce love.
We must struggle for our dreams, but when certain paths prove impossible, it would be best to save our energies in order to travel other roads.