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 I took the pills, I wanted to kill someone I hated. I didn't know that other Veronikas existed inside me, Veronikas that I could love.
If I had a choice, if I had understood earlier that the reason my days were all the same was because I wanted them like that, perhaps...
Stop being yourself and become who u always wanted to be
He had to choose between something he had become accustomed to and something he wanted to have.
I was once more in a time which the things around me were changing and that is how I wanted it to be for the rest of my days.
...and I discovered something: the meaning of my life was whatever I wanted it to be.
When I asked you if you wanted to, I was not testing your courage. I was testing your wisdom.
Things do not always happen the way I would have wanted, and it's best that I get used to that.
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
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.
We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen. Every day, G-d gives us the sun-and also one moment in which we have the ability to change everything that makes us unhappy. Every day, we try to pretend that w
Why do we have to listen to our hearts?" "Because, wherever your heart is, that is where you'll find your treasure.
Don't allow your mind to tell your heart what to do. The mind gives up easily
What is a teacher? I'll tell you: it isn't someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to give of her best in order to discover what she already knows.