Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho de Souzais a Brazilian lyricist and novelist. He is the recipient of numerous international awards, amongst them the Crystal Award by the World Economic Forum. His novel The Alchemist has been translated into 80 languages. The author has sold over 200 million copies worldwide and is the all-time bestselling Portuguese language author...
NationalityBrazilian
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth24 August 1947
CityRio de Janeiro, Brazil
CountryBrazil
The soul of the world is nourished by people's Happiness.
Love is the force that transforms and improves the Soul of the World.
Because when we love, we always strive to become better than we are.
I'm an adventurer, looking for treasure
I must have no fear of failure. It was my fear of failure that first kept me from attempting the Master Work.
His way isn't the same as mine, nor mine as his. But we're both in search of our destinies, and I respect him for that.
There is only one way to learn. It's through action.
If you can concentrate always on the present, you'll be a happy man.
life is the moment we're living right now.
The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better." -- The Alchemist
Most people see the world as a threatening place, and, because they do, the world turns out, indeed, to be a threatening place.
If you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better.