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 had nothing more to lose, I was given everything. When I ceased to be someone who I am I found myself. When I was humilated and yet I kept on walking, I realised I was free to choose my own Destiny
Culture makes people understand each other better. And if they understand each other better in their soul, it is easier to overcome the economic and political barriers. But first they have to understand that their neighbour is, in the end, just like them, with the same problems, the same questions.
I think you can have 10,000 explanations for failure, but no good explanation for success.
I think that perhaps we always fall in love the very first time we see the man of our dreams, even though, at the time, reason may be telling otherwise, and we may fight against that instinct, hoping against hope that we won't win, until there comes a point when we allow ourselves to be vanquished by our feelings...
Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute for experience.
You should treat a muse like a fairy.
everyone knows how to love because we are all born with that gift.
We are all pilgrims in search of the unknown.
No one could make a choice without feeling afraid.
No life is complete without a touch of madness.
Time heals almost everything. But when you are healed, you are too old to enjoy
I was not I, I was nothing - and that seemed to me quite marvelous.
Sometimes, you get no second chance and that its best to accept the gifts the world offers you.
Every road i traveled led back to you