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 (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.
I love almost everything about my work except conferences. I am too shy in front of an audience. But I love signings and having eye contact with a reader who already knows my soul.
If you are never alone, you cannot know yourself.
When you know how to use it, disobedience can be a virtue.
And the best way to know who we are is often to find out how others see us.
If one day I could get out of here, I would allow myself to be crazy. Everyone is indeed crazy, but the craziest are the ones who don't know they're crazy; they just keep repeating what others tell them to.
We don't know what we have until we find it.
You can only know a good wine if you have first tasted a bad one.
He also knows the power of word.
A warrior knows that the farthest-flung star in the Universe reveals itself in the things around him.
I've never been as happy as I am now, because I followed the signs, I was patient, and I know that this is going to change everything.
Never save the best for later. You don't know what tomorrow holds.
He knows that he must act, but he must allow room for the Universe to act too.
You cannot trust a person until you know where and how he lives