Paulo Coelho de Souza (b.1947) is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist. He is best known for his novel The Alchemist. In 2014, he uploaded his personal papers online to create a virtual Paulo Coelho Foundation.
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Whoever you are, or whatever it is that you do, when you really want something, it’s because that desire originated in the sould of the universe. It’s your mission on earth.
—Paulo Coelho
I don’t live in either my past or my future. I’m interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you’ll be a happy man. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we’re living now.
—Paulo Coelho
We wouldn’t worry nearly as much about what others thought of us if we recognize how seldom they do.
—Paulo Coelho
Topics: Worry
Live. If you live, God will live with you. If you refuse to run his risks, he’ll retreat to that distant heaven and be merely a subject for philosophical speculation. Everyone knows this, but no one takes the first step, perhaps for fear of being called insane.
—Paulo Coelho
Topics: God, Risk, Fear, Live
The moment that he begins to walk along it, the warrior of the light recognizes the path.
—Paulo Coelho
Topics: War
Don’t waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.
—Paulo Coelho
Topics: Gossip
When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It’s very simple. Everything is possible.
—Paulo Coelho
A philosophy of life: I’m an adventurer, looking for treasure.
—Paulo Coelho
Topics: Vision, Purpose, Life
Waiting hurts. Forgetting hurts. But not knowing which decision to take is the worst of suffering.
—Paulo Coelho
I don’t regret the painful times; I bare my scars as if they were medals.
—Paulo Coelho
We all have the ability…we just don’t all have the courage to follow our dreams and to follow the signs.
—Paulo Coelho
Topics: Dreams, Courage
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