Paulo Coelho
- Country : Brazil
- Profession :Brazilian lyricist and novelist and a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters since 2002.
- DOB: 1947-08-24
Paulo Coelho, born on August 24, 1947, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is a globally renowned novelist and lyricist. His remarkable journey spans various careers, from his rebellious youth as a songwriter and theater director to his life-altering pilgrimage along the Santiago de Compostela. Coelho’s breakthrough came with his 1988 novel “The Alchemist,” a philosophical work that explores the journey of self-discovery and purpose. Translated into over 80 languages, it’s one of the best-selling books in history, touching millions of lives worldwide. His diverse body of work includes numerous novels and essays, often inspired by his spiritual quest and deep interest in mysticism and esotericism. Through his writings, Coelho continues to inspire readers to follow their dreams and seek their true destinies.
Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.
Author: James MadisonBut how will I know who my Soulmate is? Brida felt that this was one of the most important questions she had ever asked in her life.
Author: Paulo CoelhoLove is beyond time or rather love is both time and space but all focused on one single constantly evolving point-the Aleph.
Author: Paulo CoelhoBut he was wrong. Because I had fought with my heart and defeated it long ago. I was certainly not going to become passionate about something that was impossible. I knew my limits; I knew how much suffering i could bear.
Author: Paulo CoelhoLove like rain, can nourish from above, drenching couples with a soaking joy. But sometimes under the angry heat of life, love dries on the surface and must nourish from below, tending to its roots keeping itself alive.
Author: Paulo CoelhoFairy tales had been her first experience of the magical universe, and more than once she had wondered why people ended up distancing themselves from that world, knowing the immense joy that childhood had brought to their lives.
Author: Paulo CoelhoOne can abandon one’s personal legend for a time, as long as one does not forget about it entirely and returns to it as soon as possible.
Author: Paulo CoelhoThere are two kinds of idiots – those who don’t take action because they have received a threat, and those who think they are taking action because they have issued a threat.
Author: Paulo CoelhoBut in the end all religions point to the same light. In between the light and us, sometimes there are too many rules. The light is here and there are no rules to follow this light.
Author: Paulo CoelhoLife takes us by surprise and orders us to move toward the unknown -even when we don’t want to and when we think we don’t need to.
Author: Paulo CoelhoBreak 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.
Author: Paulo CoelhoTime heals almost everything. But when you are healed, you are too old to enjoy.
Author: Paulo CoelhoThe energy of hatred won’t get you anywhere; but the energy of forgiveness, which reveals itself through love, will transform your life in a positive way.
Author: Paulo CoelhoLaugh at your worries and insecurities. View your anxieties with humor. It will be difficult at first, but you’ll gradually get used to it.
Author: Paulo CoelhoEvery person on the face of the earth has a gift. In some this reveals itself spontaneously, others have to work to find it.
Author: Paulo CoelhoI am learning the Language of World and everything in the world is beginning to make sense to me.
Author: Paulo CoelhoThe True Lover is the one who realizes that Loyalty must go hand in hand with Freedom.
Author: Paulo CoelhoI told you that your dream was a difficult one. It’s the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary; only wise men are able to understand them.
Author: Paulo CoelhoLet go of the idea that the path will lead you to your goal. The truth is that with each step we take, we arrive. Repeat that to yourself every morning: ‘I’ve arrived.’ That way you’ll find it much easier to stay in touch with each second of your day.
Author: Paulo CoelhoGod is here, right now, at our side. We can see him in this mist, in the ground we’re walking on, even in my shoes. His angels keep watch while we sleep and help us in our work. In order to find God, you have only to look around.
Author: Paulo CoelhoWhen I had nothing more to lose, I was given everything. When I ceased to be who I am, I found myself. When I experienced humiliation and yet kept on walking, I understood that I was free to choose my destiny.
Author: Paulo CoelhoLong since, the desert wind wiped away our footprints in the sand. But at every second of my existence, I remember what happened, and you still walk in my dreams and in my reality. Thank you for having crossed my path.
Author: Paulo CoelhoBut there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it’s better to lose some of the battles in the struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you’re fighting for.
Author: Paulo CoelhoIf I can learn to understand this language without words, I can learn to understand the world.
Author: Paulo CoelhoThis is the first teaching of the Knights: You will erase everything you had written in the book of your life up until now: restlessness, uncertainty, lies. And in the place of all this you will write the word courage.
Author: Paulo CoelhoYou are protected. But if you don’t take risks, God will retreat and become only a subject of philosophical speculation.
Author: Paulo CoelhoBut no one can lose sight of what he desires. Even if there are moments when he believes the world and the others are stronger. The secret is this: do not surrender.
Author: Paulo CoelhoDefeat ends when we launch into another battle. Failure has no end: it is a lifetime choice.
Author: Paulo CoelhoThe wise are wise only because they love. And the foolish are foolish only because they think they can understand love.
Author: Paulo CoelhoDon’t bother trying to explain your emotions. Live everything as intensely as you can and keep whatever you felt as a gift from God. The best way to destroy the bridge between the visible and invisible is by trying to explain your emotions.
Author: Paulo CoelhoAnxiety was born in the very same moment as mankind. And since we will never be able to master it, we will have to learn to live with it – just as we have learned to live with storms.
Author: Paulo CoelhoNobody plays this life with marked cards, so sometimes we win and sometimes we lose. Do not expect anything in return, do not expect your efforts to be appreciated, your genius to be discovered, your love to be understood.
Author: Paulo CoelhoI carry with me many scars, but I also carry with me moments that would not have happened if I had not dared to go beyond my limits.
Author: Paulo CoelhoBlessed are those who do not fear solitude, who are not afraid of their own company, who are not always desperately looking for something to do, something to amuse themselves with, something to judge.
Author: Paulo CoelhoEveryday God gives us the sun, and also the moment in wich have the ability to change everything that makes us unhappy. Our magic moment helps us to change and send us off in search of our dreams.
Author: Paulo CoelhoThe glory of the world is transitory, and we should not measure our lives by it, but by the choice we make to follow our personal legend, to believe in our utopias and to fight for our dreams.
Author: Paulo CoelhoBecause there is a force that wants you to realize your Personal Legend; it whets your appetite with a taste of success.
Author: Paulo CoelhoEvery human being should know two languages: the language of society and the language of signs. One serves to communicate with other people, the other serves to understand God’s messages.
Author: Paulo CoelhoWe need to forget what we think we are, so that we can really become what we are.
Author: Paulo CoelhoIt is not enough to dream of the Impossible Love – it is necessary to conquer it too.
Author: Paulo CoelhoLove is not a habit, a commitment, or a debt. It isn’t what romantic songs tell us it is – love simply is.
Author: Paulo CoelhoIt’s a good idea always to do something relaxing prior to making an important decision in your life.
Author: Paulo CoelhoReal love changes and grows with time and discovers new ways of expressing itself.
Author: Paulo CoelhoShe would consider each day a miracle – which indeed it is, when you consider the number of unexpected things that could happen in each second of our fragile existences.
Author: Paulo CoelhoThe world we live in will be either better or worse depending on whether we become better or worse.
Author: Paulo CoelhoSo you see, Good and Evil have the same face; it all depends on when they cross the path of each individual human being.
Author: Paulo CoelhoWe will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.
Author: Paulo CoelhoLife is one long training session, in preparation for what will come. Life and death lose their meaning, there are only challenges to be met with joy and overcome with tranquility.
Author: Paulo CoelhoEverything tells me that I am about to make a wrong decision, but making mistakes is just part of life. What does the world want of me? Does it want me to take no risks, to go back to where I came from because I didn’t have the courage to say “yes” to life?
Author: Paulo CoelhoI have inside me the winds, the deserts, the oceans, the stars, and everything created in the universe. We were all made by the same hand, and we have the same soul.
Author: Paulo CoelhoI made some mistakes, but I wasn’t a coward. I lived my life and did what I had to do.
Author: Paulo CoelhoIf you must say yes, say it with an open heart. If you must say no, say it without fear.
Author: Paulo CoelhoSometimes, we are so attached to our way of life that we turn down wonderful opportunities simply because don’t know what to do with it.
Author: Paulo CoelhoChoosing one path means abandoning others – if you try to follow every possible path you will end up following none.
Author: Paulo CoelhoPast and future exist only in our memory. The present moment, though, is outside of time, it’s Eternity.
Author: Paulo CoelhoAfter all, what is happiness? Love, they tell me. But love doesn’t bring and never has brought happiness. On the contrary, it’s a constant state of anxiety, a battlefield; it’s sleepless nights, asking ourselves all the time if we’re doing the right thing. Real love is composed of ecstasy and agony.
Author: Paulo Coelho