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 cry very easily. It can be a movie, a phone conversation, a sunset - tears are words waiting to be written.
You should treat a muse like a fairy.
If I am really a part of your dream, you'll come back one day.
You must be the person you have never had the courage to be. Gradually, you will discover that you are that person, but until you can see this clearly, you must pretend and invent.
Break the glass, please, and free us from all these damned rules, from needing to find an explanation for everything, from doing only what others approve of.
When you really want something to happen, the whole universe conspires so that your wish comes true.
Only three things can change our lives dreams, suffering and love
everyone knows how to love because we are all born with that gift.
Changes happen when we go against everything we're used to doing.
For the warrior, there is no "better" or "worse"; everyone has the necessary gifts for his particular path.
The more violent the storm, the quicker it passes.
The warrior knows that he is free to choose his desires, and he makes these decisions with courage, detachment, and - sometimes - with just a touch of madness.
Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning. Dream is also just a word until you decide to fight for it with all your enthusiasm and commitment
Things pass, and the best we can do is to let them really go away