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
only the defeated know LOVE. because it is in the realm of love that we fight our first battles - and generally lose ........
What they forget is that, from Ancient Greece on, the people who returned from battle were either dead on their shields or stronger, despite and because of their scars.
He rarely knows the result of a battle when the battle is over.
All battles have some use, including those in which we were defeated.
In the intervals between battles, the Warrior rests.
Scars are medals branded on the flesh, and your enemies will be frightened by them because they are proof of your long experience of battle.
All life battles teach us something, even those we lose
Reason lost the battle, and all I could do was surrender and accept I was in love.
Defeat ends when we launch into another battle. Failure has no end: it is a lifetime choice.
Faith is difficult to conquer and requires daily battles if it is to be maintained.
You might have lost some major battles, but you survived and you're still here.
I still pray but it's something automatic, and I'm not even sure I still believe in it... Because I've suffered, and God didn't listen to my prayers. because many times in my life I have tried to love with all my heart, and my love has wound up being
It (destiny) is what you have always wanted to accomplish. Everyone, when they are young, knows what their destiny is. At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible. They are not afraid to dream, and to yearn for everything they would like to see happen to them in their lives. But, as time passes, a mysterious force begins to convince them that it will be impossible for them to realize their destiny.
We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen. Every day, G-d gives us the sun-and also one moment in which we have the ability to change everything that makes us unhappy. Every day, we try to pretend that w