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
Our task is not to leave a record of what happened on this date for those who will inherit the Earth; history will take care of that.
Everything, absolutely everything on this earth makes sense, and even the smallest things are worthy of our consideration.
Even if you slept with every man on Earth, my love will still survive.
Everything for me is sacred, beginning with earth, but also going to things made by man.
A life is never useless. Each soul that came down to Earth is here for a reason.
Everything on Earth is being continuously transformed.
Any given thing on the face of the earth could reveal the history of all things
Every person on the face of the earth has a gift. In some this reveals itself spontaneously, others have to work to find it.
God hides the fires of hell within paradise.
Our time on this earth is sacred, and we should celebrate every moment.
How can we be so arrogant? The planet is, was, and always will be stronger than us. We can't destroy it; if we overstep the mark, the planet will simply erase us from its surface and carry on existing. Why don't they start talking about not letting the planet destroy us?
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