When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.
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Paulo Coelho
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
The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.
There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.
And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
I understand once again that the greatness of God always reveals itself in the simple things.
Anyone who has lost something they thought was theirs forever finally comes to realise that nothing really belongs to them.
Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what is best for me.
One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.
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.
Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.
There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.
Most people see the world as a threatening place, and, because they do, the world turns out, indeed, to be a threatening place.
At a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That's the world's greatest lie.
You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it's better to listen to what it has to say.
Don't give in to your fears. If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart.
No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn't know it.
The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.
The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.
When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.