Paulo Coelho de Souza is a Brazilian writer, winner of numerous international awards, including the Crystal Award from the World Economic Forum. He has sold more than 200 million copies worldwide and is the most successful Brazilian writer in history..
Here are his best phrases, about life, friendship, love and more, several taken from some of his most famous books: The Alchemist, The Pilgrim of Compostela, Veronika decides to die, The victor is alone, Brida, The Fifth Mountain, Valkyries ... .
Coelho was born on August 24, 1947 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As a teenager he already wanted to become a writer. When telling his mother, she replied: "Darling, your father is an engineer, a logical, reasonable man, with a very clear vision of the world. Do you really know what it means to be a writer?"
At 17, his introversion, opposition and rebellion to follow a traditional path led his parents to commit him to a mental institution from which he escaped three times before being released at the age of 20..
Born into a Catholic family, his parents were strict about religion and faith. Coelho later commented that "It wasn't that they wanted to hurt me, but they didn't know what to do ... They didn't do that to destroy me, they did it to save me"
Coelho enrolled in law school and gave up his dream of becoming a writer. A year later, he gave up and lived life as a hippie, traveling through South America, North Africa, Mexico and Europe and began using drugs in the 1960s..
Upon his return to Brazil, Coelho worked as a composer, composing lyrics for Elis Regina, Rita Lee, and the Brazilian icon Raúl Seixas. The composition with Raúl led Coelho to be associated with magic and the occult, due to the content of some songs.
When he was 38 years old, he had a spiritual awakening in Spain and wrote in his first book, The pilgrim. Later, his second book, The Alchemist, sold 35 million copies made him famous. You may also be interested in these phrases about life or these to think and reflect.
-Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can replace experience.
-The strongest love is the one that can show its fragility.
-If you want to be successful you have to respect a rule; never lie to yourself.
-Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing what to do is the worst kind of suffering.
-When a person really wants something, the whole universe conspires to help him realize his dream..
-No one can lie, no one can hide anything, when you look him straight in the eye.
-How does light enter a person? If the door of love is open.
-One day you will wake up and there will be no more time to do the things you always wanted. Do them now.
-When you repeat a mistake, it is no longer a mistake, it is a decision.
-Love is discovered through the practice of loving and not through words.
-Avoiding the problems you have is avoiding the life you have to live.
-Straight roads don't make skilled drivers.
-When we strive to be better, everything around us also becomes better.
-If you want to achieve your goals, you must be prepared for a daily dose of pain or discomfort.
-Changes only happen when we are totally up against everything we are used to doing.
-All battles in life serve to teach us something, even those we lose..
-You have to take risks. We only understand the miracle of life when we allow the unexpected to happen.
-Life was always a problem of knowing how to wait for the right moment to act.
-One is loved because one is loved. There is no necessary reason to love.
-Only two things can reveal the great secrets of life: suffering and love.
-The eyes show the strength of the soul.
-You are what you think you are.
-Fight for your dreams and they will fight for you.
-If you think the adventure is dangerous, try the routine: that if it is lethal.
-Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can replace experience.
-Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury.
-Miracles only happen if you believe in them.
-Join those who are exposed and who are not afraid of being vulnerable.
-Sometimes it takes a long way to find what is near.
-Don't give in to your fears. If you do, you won't be able to speak with your heart.
-The darkest hour of the night comes just before dawn.
-There are people who have money and people who are rich.
-Always remember the effect your words have on others.
-It takes a lot of effort to free yourself from memory.
-If you want to see a rainbow, you have to learn to see the rain.
-The secret of life is to fall seven times and get up eight times.
-Life is truly generous for those who pursue their destiny.
-The enemy is just a pretext to test our strength.
-Tears are words that must be written.
-Forgive but do not forget, as they will hurt you again.
-Wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.
-Be brave enough to live differently.
-It is the possibility of making a dream come true that makes life interesting.
-Every day God gives us a moment when it is possible to change everything that makes us unhappy.
-Keep in your memory for the rest of your days the good things that arose from difficulties.
-The fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself.
-Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself in the brightest way.
-Join those who experiment, risk, fall, hurt and risk again.
-It's the simple things in life that are most extraordinary.
-When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel positive energy. It's very simple.
-You can become blind by seeing each day as similar. Every day is different, every day brings a miracle. It is simply a matter of paying attention to that miracle.
-Remember your dreams and fight for them. Know what you want out of life. There is only one thing that makes your dream impossible: the fear of failure..
-No, I have never seen an angel, but having seen it or not is irrelevant. I feel his presence around me.
-You don't drown by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it.
-Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the fear itself. And no heart has suffered when searching for its dream.
-Everything that has happened once may not happen again. But everything that happens twice will happen a third time surely.
-Love is a trap. When it appears we only see its lights, not its shadows.
-The more violent a storm is, the faster it passes.
-Everyone has creative potential and from the moment you can express it, you can start changing the world..
-I'm not saying that love always takes you to heaven. Your life can turn into a nightmare. But with that said, it's worth the risk.
-We have to be humble enough to stop and understand that there is something called a mystery..
-Let's be absolutely clear about one thing: we must not confuse humility with false modesty or servility..
-Things don't always happen the way I would like and I better get used to it.
-The more in harmony you are with yourself, the more you enjoy and the more faith you have. Faith does not disconnect you from reality, it connects you with it.
-Happiness is simply another trick that our genetic system uses for the survival of the species..
-I was always a rich person because money is not related to happiness.
-I am first and foremost a writer. I followed my personal legend, my teenage dream of becoming a writer, but I can't say why I am..
-What interests me in life is curiosity, challenges, good fights with their victories and defeats.
-I believe that enlightenment or revelation comes in everyday life. I am looking for the enjoyment, the peace of the action. I would have stopped writing years ago if it was for the money.
-Writing means sharing. It is part of the human condition to want to share things, thoughts, ideas, opinions.
-Everything tells me I'm about to make the wrong decision, but making mistakes is part of life.
-No matter how you feel today, get up every morning and get ready to let your light shine.
-Don't explain yourself. Your friends don't need it and your enemies won't believe you.
-Choosing one path means having to lose others.
-It is not expectations that guide us forward, it is our desire to move forward.
-Life moves fast. Rushing us from heaven to hell in a matter of seconds.
-Sometimes you do not have a second chance and it is better to accept the gifts that the world offers you.
-The ship is safer anchored in the port, but that is not the role of the ships.
-Better to live like it's the first and last day of my life.
-When we love, we always strive to be better than we are. When we strive to be better than we are, everything around us becomes better..
-The secret of life is to fall seven times and get up eight.
-The simple things are also the most extraordinary things and only the wise can see them.
-When someone leaves it is because someone else is about to arrive.
-A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to be always busy with something and to know how to demand with all his will what he wants.
-Nothing in the world is completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
-Love is not in others, it is within ourselves.
-Everything is allowed, unless interrupt a manifestation of love.
-Love will never separate man from his Personal Legend.
-The wise man is wise because he loves, the madman is crazy because he thinks he understands love.
-Accumulating love means accumulating luck, accumulating hate means accumulating calamity.
-Who loves waiting for a reward is wasting time.
-This is freedom: to feel what the heart desires, regardless of the opinion of others.
-Live in the present, it's the only thing you have.
-Never give up on a dream. Try to see the signs that lead to him.
-When every day seems the same it is because we have stopped perceiving the good things that appear in our lives.
-Do something instead of killing time. Because time is what is killing you.
-No matter what you do, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally you don't know.
-The really important meetings are planned by the souls long before the bodies meet..
-Sometimes you have to decide between one thing you are used to and another that you would like to know..
-Wisdom is knowing and transforming.
-There is a time to leave it all.
-Mistakes are a way of reacting.
-No person is able to choose without fear.
-There is no sin in being happy.
-We all know how to love, because we were born with that gift. Some people naturally practice it well, but most have to relearn, remember how to love oneself.
-As we cannot change the physics, let's focus the extra energy and whether we will be able to take the first step.
-In all the languages of the world there is the same saying: eyes that do not see, heart that does not feel.
-Every morning, God shows us His smile.
-Everyday the sun lights up a new world.
-Certain things are so important that they need to be discovered on their own.
-Where hardness only manages to destroy, softness manages to sculpt.
-Each person, in their existence, can have two attitudes: build or plant.
-God's decisions are mysterious, but always in our favor.
-War is an act of love. The enemy helps us develop and perfects us.
-When you love, you have to be prepared for everything. Because love is like a kaleidoscope, like the ones we used to play with as children.
-Imagine a place where people pretend to be crazy to do exactly what they want.
-The universe was created by a language that everyone understands
-Forgetting is the wrong attitude. The right thing is to face.
-Men and women with immense willpower are generally loners, because they convey coldness.
-To find peace in heaven, we must find love on Earth.
-There is only one way to learn. It is through action. Everything you need to know you have learned throughout your journey.
-Not everyone can see dreams the same way.
-We don't show our feelings, because people may think we are vulnerable and take advantage of it.
-A life without a cause is a life without effects.
-Money seldom serves to delay death.
-Every ignored blessing turns into a curse.
-You must always know what you want.
-We don't have to change friends if we understand that friends change.
-People are afraid to pursue their biggest dreams, because they feel they don't deserve them..
-When you love, things make even more sense.
-Don't try to be useful. Try to be yourself: that's enough, and that makes all the difference.
-Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.
-There are things in life that have to be experienced and never explained. Love is one of them.
-In every moment of our lives, we all have one foot in a fairy tale and the other in the abyss..
-Don't waste your time with explanations, people only listen to what they want to hear.
-Close some doors. Not out of pride, inability, or arrogance, but simply because they get you nowhere.
-Sometimes we are so attached to our way of life that we reject wonderful opportunities.
-Emotions are wild horses. It is not the explanations that carry us forward, but our will.
-Men can resist almost anything, but they will always be jealous of the victory of others.
-Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none of yours..
-One day you will wake up and have no more time to do the things you always wanted to do. Do it now.
-Don't be intimidated by other people's opinions. Only mediocrity is sure of itself.
-When you find your way, you must not be afraid. You need to have the courage to make mistakes.
-If you are brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello..
-The act of discovering who we are will force us to accept that we can go beyond what we think.
-In love lies the seed of our growth. The more we love, the closer we are to spiritual experience.
-God is love, generosity and forgiveness. If we believe in this, we will never allow our weaknesses to paralyze us.
-The two most difficult tests on the spiritual path are the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed in what we find..
-Do you know what "noble" means? It means someone who acts in a dignified manner. That is the mystery of love.
-If we want to change the world, we have to go back to the time when warriors sat around a fire telling stories.
-When you grow up, you will discover that you already defended lies, deceived yourself, or suffered from nonsense. If you are a good warrior, you will not blame yourself for it, but you will not let your mistakes repeat themselves.
-Life teaches every moment and the only secret is to accept that, by learning from everyday life, we can be as wise as Solomon and as powerful as Alexander the Great..
-What I can say about all my characters is that they are in search of their souls, because they are my mirror.
-Even if happy people say they are, no one is satisfied: we always have to be with the most beautiful woman, with the biggest house, changing cars, wishing for what we don't have..
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