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
If we seek something, that same thing is seeking us.
When a sense of dissatisfaction persists, that means it was placed there by God for one reason only: you need to change everything and move forward.
Our life is a constant journey, from birth to death. The landscape changes, the people change, our needs change, but the train keeps moving. Life is the train, not the station.
The boy was beginning to understand that intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life, where the histories of all people are connected, and we are able to know everything, because it's all written there.
The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.
life is the moment we're living right now.
Go further than you planned. Ask for the moon: you will be surprised how often you get it
The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better." -- The Alchemist
Loneliness, when accepted, becomes a gift that will lead us to find a purpose in life.
you only know yourself when you go beyond your limits
It is not time that changes man nor knowledge the only thing that can change someone's mind is love.
Most people see the world as a threatening place, and, because they do, the world turns out, indeed, to be a threatening place.
When you want something with all your heart, that's when you are closest to the Soul of the World. It's always a positive force.
Listen to your heart. It knows all things, because it came from the Soul of the World and it will one day return there.