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
It's better to live cherishing a dream than face the possibilty that it might all come to nothing.
What makes life interesting are the challenges we face.
You have always fought against your dreams, and 'I want' has never even shown its face. It was always drowned out by 'I must' or 'I hope' or 'I need...'
Love lasts because it changes and not because it stays the same and never faces any challenges.
I learned long ago that in order to heal my wounds, I must have the courage to face up with them.
To heal my wounds, I need to be brave enough to face them.
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.
Avoiding problems you need to face is avoiding the life you need to live.
To heal our wounds, we need courage to face them.
The major religions, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, they deny somehow that God has a feminine face. However, if you go to the holy texts, you see there is this feminine presence.
When life makes us face difficult situations-such as a personal loss-we have to understand that eternity is taking one more step.
If we don't face our fears, our fears will chase us forever.
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