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Paulo Coelho

686 quotesNovelist · Born Aug 24, 1947 · Brazilian · Male

Paulo Coelho de Souza (/ˈkwɛljuː/, /kuˈɛl-/, /-joʊ/, Portuguese: [ˈpawlu kuˈeʎu]; born August 24, 1947) is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist. He is the recipient of numerous international awards, amongst them the Crystal Award by the World Economic Forum. Early in 2017 he has been nominated by the Albert Einstein Foundation as one of the 100 leading visionaries of our time . His novel The Alchemist has been translated into 81 languages. According to The Washington Post, Paulo Coelho has sold an estimated 350 million books and is the all-time bestselling Portuguese-language author. 2Early life Paulo Coelho was born in Brazil and attended a Jesuit school. As a teenager, Coelho wanted to become a writer. Upon telling his mother this, she responded, "My dear, your father is an engineer. He's a logical, reasonable man with a very clear vision of the world. Do you actually know what it means to be a writer?" At 17, Coelho's introversion and opposition to following a traditional path led to his parents committing him to a mental institution from which he escaped three times before being released at the age of 2

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From “The Alchemist ”

When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.

Relationship Admitting Feelings

Because true love never keeps a man from pursuing his destiny.

Love Happiness Destiny

My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer.

Heart and Love Suffer Heartbreak

We humans have two great problems: the first is knowing when to begin; the second is knowing when to stop.

Dating Advice Love Relationships Ending

We can also allow our Soulmate to pass us by,without accepting him or her,or even noticing. Then we will need another incarnation in order to find that Soulmate. And because of our selfishness, we will be condemned to the worst torture humankind ever invented for itself: loneliness.

Love Advice Relationships soulmates

The boy reached through to the Soul of the World, and saw that it was a part of the Soul of God. And he saw that the Soul of God was his own soul. And that he, a boy, could perform miracles.

God Quotes Dreaming Achieve Power

There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.

Failure Quotes Fear Of Failing Fear

In his pursuit of the dream, he was being constantly subjected to tests of his persistence and courage. So he could not be hasty, nor impatient. If he pushed forward impulsively, he would fail to see the signs and omens left by God along his path.

Dreams Chasing Dreams Wants Needs

When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision.

Choices Life Choice decision

Choose between something he had become accustomed to and something he wanted to have.

Wants Needs Choices

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.

Right Path life choices Fear Risk Chance

Don't allow your mind to tell your heart what to do. The mind gives up easily.

Mind heart Dreams Giving Up

Stay mad, but behave like normal people. Run the risk of being different, but learn to do so without attracting attention.

Being Weird Being Different Stay Weird

Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.

Life Too Short Happiness Life Happy

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.

Past and Future Life Quotes present Living

People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.

Dreams Dreaming Achieving Life Inspirational

Don't give in to your fears. If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart.

fears Overcoming Fear heart Love

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 yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time…

Courage Willingness Change Destiny

Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Mistakes forgiveness Moving On Letting Go Try Again

When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.

Finding Yourself Being Lost Failing Living

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