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
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.
I'm not a person that socializes very well.
You must be the person you have never had the courage to be.
What counts in a good story is the person inside. Keep it simple.
You cannot trust a person until you know where and how he lives
The story of one person is the story of all of humanity.
And the person who loves wholeheartedly feels free.
To travel is the experience of ceasing to be the person you are trying to be, and becoming the person you really are.
We are not the person other people wish we were. We are who we decide to be.
I always was a rich person because money's not related to happiness.
Every person on the face of the earth has a gift. In some this reveals itself spontaneously, others have to work to find it.
True love allows each person to follow his or her own path, aware that doing so can never drive them apart.
Love is an act of faith in another person, not an act of surrender.
I still pray but it's something automatic, and I'm not even sure I still believe in it... Because I've suffered, and God didn't listen to my prayers. because many times in my life I have tried to love with all my heart, and my love has wound up being