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
The path to wisdom is not being afraid to make mistakes.
God hides the fires of hell within paradise.
The biggest mistake of the man is that he thinks he doesn't deserve the good and the bad things from his life.
When every day seems the same, it is because we have stopped noticing the good things that appear in our lives.
Saying ‘No’ does not always show a lack of generosity and that saying ‘Yes’ is not always a virtue
When you have an intense contact of love with nature or another human being, like a spark, then you understand that there is no time and that everything is eternal.
If you act like a victim, you are likely to be treated as one.
We don't need to explain our love. We only need to show it.
Stay close to those who are not afraid to be vulnerable, because they have confidence in themselves and know that, at some point in our lives, we all stumble; they do not interpret this as a sign of weakness, but of humanity. Avoid those who talk a great deal before acting, those who never take a step without being quite sure that it will bring them respect.
Many times the wrong train took me to the right place.
As I don't know about tomorrow, I never save the best for later.
If you live your life fully, you will die only once. But if you are scared, fear will kill you day after day