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
Do not try to explain feelings. Live everything intensely and treasure what you feel as a gift from God.
Everything which is done in the present, affects the future by consequence, and the past by redemption.
Everything, absolutely everything on this earth makes sense, and even the smallest things are worthy of our consideration.
All religions lead to the same God, and all deserve the same respect. Anyone who chooses a religion is also choosing a collective way for worshipping and sharing the mysteries. Nevertheless, that person is the only one responsible for his or her actions along the way and has no right to shift responsibility for any personal decisions on to that religion.
Seek to live,remembrance is for the old.
We must at all costs avoid saying no because people prefer those who say yes, and this allows us to survive in hostile territory.
In order for us to liberate the energy of our strength, our weakness must first have a chance to reveal itself.
As she had been walking from the ward to that room, she had felt such pure hatred that now she had no more rancor left in her heart. She had finally allowed her negative feelings to surface, feelings that had been repressed for years in her soul. She had actually FELT them, and they were no longer necessary, they could leave.
To realize one's destiny is a person's only obligation.
Everyday God gives us a moment in which it is possible to change everything that makes us unhappy.
He also knows the power of word.
He rarely knows the result of a battle when the battle is over.
They are words that are easy enough to say and which fill vast empty spaces.
God's decisions are always mysterious, but they are always in our favour.