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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In these words lies all his power: He chose the path along which he is walking and so has no complaints.
—Paulo Coelho
Topics: War, Lies, Power, Warrior, Light
A warrior balances solitude and dependence.
—Paulo Coelho
Topics: Balance, Solitude, Light, War, Warrior
When each day is the same as the next, it’s because people fail to recognize the good things happen in their lives everyday; that the sun rise.
—Paulo Coelho
In all the woods and forests, God did not create a single leaf the same as any other… People go against nature because they lack the courage to be different.
—Paulo Coelho
Topics: Create, Rent, Rest, Decide, God, Nature, Courage, Sin, People
We wouldn’t worry nearly as much about what others thought of us if we recognize how seldom they do.
—Paulo Coelho
Topics: Worry
Waiting hurts. Forgetting hurts. But not knowing which decision to take is the worst of suffering.
—Paulo Coelho
The moment that he begins to walk along it, the warrior of the light recognizes the path.
—Paulo Coelho
Topics: Light, War, Warrior
It’s the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary; only wise men are able to understand them.
—Paulo Coelho
Topics: Wisdom
Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows
—Paulo Coelho
When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny
—Paulo Coelho
Topics: Challenges
There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.
—Paulo Coelho
Topics: Dream, Achieve, Fear, Failure, Courage
When everyone dreams but only a few realize their dreams, that makes cowards of us all.
—Paulo Coelho
Topics: War, Decide, Dream, Dreams
Try to find pleasure in the speed that you’re not used to. Changing the way you do routine things allows a new person to grow inside of you. But when all is said and done, you’re the one who must decide how you handle it.
—Paulo Coelho
If only everyone could know and live with their inner craziness…people would be fairer and happier.
—Paulo Coelho
Topics: People, Live, Decide
On some nights, he has nowhere to sleep, on others he suffers from insomnia. “That’s just how it is,” thinks the warrior. “I was the one who chose to walk this path”.
—Paulo Coelho
Topics: Sleep, Warrior, Think, War, Light
Telling the truth and making someone cry is better than telling a lie and making someone smile.
—Paulo Coelho
We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It’s one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it’s another to think that yours is the only path.
—Paulo Coelho
You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It’s just a matter of paying attention to this miracle.
—Paulo Coelho
Topics: Attention
Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.
—Paulo Coelho
I learned the most important lesson of my life: that the extraordinary is not the birthright of a chosen and privileged few, but of all people, even the humblest. That is my one certainty: we are all the manifestation of the divinity of God.
—Paulo Coelho
Topics: Life, God, Vision, Purpose, People
I don’t regret the painful times; I bare my scars as if they were medals.
—Paulo Coelho
Topics: Pain
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
It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.
—Paulo Coelho
Topics: Dreams
Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worse kind of suffering.
—Paulo Coelho
Topics: Pain
Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose—and commit myself to—what is best for me.
—Paulo Coelho
Topics: Freedom, Best, Commitment
A warrior of the light…never confuses tension with anxiety.
—Paulo Coelho
Topics: Warrior, Anxiety, War, Light
You’re someone who’s different, but who wants to be the same as everyone else. And that, in my view, is a serious illness.
—Paulo Coelho
Topics: Rent, Decide
But 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.
—Paulo Coelho
Topics: Suffering
The warrior of the light has a destiny to fulfill.
—Paulo Coelho
Topics: Light, Warrior, War, Destiny
We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it’s our life or our possessions and property. But this fear evaporates when we understand that our life stories and the history of the world were written by the same hand.
—Paulo Coelho
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