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
Walking is almost as important as breathing, for me.
You need to change yourself. The moment that you change yourself it is a gigantic step. And this is what I do. The book is much more important than the writer.
When mouths close, it’s because there’s something important to be said.
There is no time to leave important words unsaid.
They went to university because someone, at a time when universities seemed important, said that in order to rise in the world, you had to have a degree. And thus the world was deprived of some excellent gardeners, bakers, antique dealers, sculptors, and writers.
It's important though to distinguish between religion and spirituality.
What makes people weak? Their need for validation and recognition, their need to feel important. Don't get caught in this trap.
Change. But start slowly, because direction is more important than speed
It is important never to relax, however far you have come.
He knows that the most important words in all languages are the small words.
We must study things we will never use, but which someone told us were important to know.
Believing that power is much more important than money and that money is much more important than happiness.
I have won important things for myself, but I'm going to destroy them, because I tell myself they have lost their meaning. I know that is not true. I know they are important, and that if I destroy them, I'll be destroying myself, as well.
I'm not doing anything, and yet I'm also doing the most important thing a man can do: I'm listening to what I needed to hear from myself.