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
A warrior of light who trusts too much in his intelligence will end up underestimating the power of his opponent.
One day you will wake up & there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now.
People learn, early in their lives, what is their reason for being. Maybe that's why they give up on it so early, too.
Anyone who is in love is making love the whole time, even when they're not.
You are not defeated when you lose. You are defeated when you quit.
No one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it
I don't regret the painful times; I bare my scars as if they were medals.
She would consider each day a miracle - which indeed it is, when you consider the number of unexpected things that could happen in each second of our fragile existences.
All you have to do is to pay attention; lessons always arrive when you are ready, and if you can read the signs, you will learn everything you need to know in order to take the next step
Teaching is only demonstrating that it is possible. Learning is making it possible for yourself.
Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn't know it.
We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it's our life or our possessions and property. But this fear evaporates when we understand that our life stories and the history of the world were written by the same hand.
When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.