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
Each human being has been granted a virtue: the capacity to choose. For he who does not use this virtue, it becomes a curse - and others will always choose for him.
Time does not always pass at the same speed. We are the ones who determine that speed.
Death does not allow us to postpone all the things we can experience now.
He does not however postpone making decisions.
He though does not always have faith.
He does not keep company with those who wish to harm him.
A Warrior knows that everything a person does has enduring consequences.
When things start to happen, and the path does reveal itself to us, we become afraid of carrying on
Love does not to be understood. It needs only to be shown.
The happiness of one does not mean the unhappiness of the others.
Time does not pass, it merely changes.
Anyone who knows God cannot describe Him. Anyone who can describe God does not know Him.
Sadness does not last forever when we walk in the direction of that which we always desired.
Success does not come from having one's work recognized by others. It is the fruit of the seed that you lovingly planted.