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
I'm first and foremost a writer. I followed my personal legend, my childhood dream of becoming a writer, but I can't say why I'm one.
I am 100 per cent Virgo, stubborn, over-organised, slightly abstracted from the rest of the world.
I think that perhaps we always fall in love the very first time we see the man of our dreams, even though, at the time, reason may be telling otherwise, and we may fight against that instinct, hoping against hope that we won't win, until there comes a point when we allow ourselves to be vanquished by our feelings...
Perseverance brings good luck.
Being equally convinced that aggression and rudeness are synonymous with having a "powerful personality."
Don't ask permission. If it does not work, you can apologize later.
Personal growth has its price, and she was paying it without complaint.
Everyone when they are young knows what their destiny is. At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible.
Our body remains alive, yet sooner or later our soul will receive a mortal blow. The perfect crime--for we don't know who murdered our joy, what their motives were, or where the guilty parties are to be found.
Not even your love could withhold you from fulfilling your own personal legend.
When we boldly seek love, love reveals itself to us, and we end up attracting more love. If one person loves us, everybody loves us.
If his decision is correct, he will win the battle, even if it lasts longer than expected. If his decision is wrong, he will be defeated and he will have to start all over again-only this time with more wisdom. But once he has started, a warrior of the light perseveres until the end.
Everything we see… is just the visible part of reality.
I'm not a person that socializes very well.