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
The same goes for envy, anger and insults - said the master. - When they are not accepted, they continue to belong to the one who carried them.
A flower is not better when it blooms than when it is merely a bud; at each stage it is the same thing — a flower in the process of expressing its potential.
Be blessed. And just as you are transforming your own life, may you transform the lives of those around you. When they ask, do not forget to give. When they knock at your door, be sure to open it. When they lose something and come to you, do whatever you can to help them find what they have lost. First, though, ask; knock at the door and find what is missing in your life. A hunter always knows what to expect - eat or be eaten.
I'm an adventurer, looking for treasure
I must have no fear of failure. It was my fear of failure that first kept me from attempting the Master Work.
Try to live with the same intensity as a child. He doesn't ask for explanations; he dives into each day as if it were a new adventure and, at night, sleeps tired and happy.
To travel is the experience of ceasing to be the person you are trying to be, and becoming the person you really are.
It's always easy to blame others. You can spend your entire life blaming the world, but your successes or failures are entirely your own.
We are not the person other people wish we were. We are who we decide to be.
"The warrior who trusts his path doesn't need to prove the other is wrong.
Fortunate are those who take the first step. Someday people will realize that men and women are capable of speaking the language of the angels - that all of us are possessed of the gifts of the Holy Spirit and that we can perform miracles, cure, prophesy, and understand.
Only someone who can say 'I love you' is capable of saying 'I forgive you.
Love is, after all, a curse of suffering.
No one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone