Quotes by Paulo Coelho

About Paulo Coelho:

Paulo Coelho is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist. He is the recipient of numerous international awards, amongst them the Crystal Award by the World Economic Forum. The Alchemist, his most famous novel, has been translated into 80 languages. The author has sold 210 million copies worldwide (as for June 2015) and is the all-time bestselling Portuguese language author ( Lista de livros mais vendidos) .
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When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream.

Paulo Coelho

The only thing that relaxes me is archery. That's why I have to have apartments with gardens.

Paulo Coelho

I am 100 per cent Virgo, stubborn, over-organised, slightly abstracted from the rest of the world.

Paulo Coelho

The gigantic tension before the shooting of an arrow, and the total relaxation seconds later, is my way of connecting to the universe.

Paulo Coelho

The more violent the storm, the quicker it passes.

Paulo Coelho

Everybody has a creative potential and from the moment you can express this creative potential, you can start changing the world.

Paulo Coelho

This may sound a little bit idealistic, but when I go to my blog, my Facebook page, my Twitter account, I talk to different people from all over the world, and you see how it's easy to establish a dialogue.

Paulo Coelho

MySpace is my wife... Facebook is my mistress.

Paulo Coelho

Everything is possible, from angels to demons to economists and politicians.

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Elegance is achieved when all that is superfluous has been discarded and the human being discovers simplicity and concentration: the simpler and more sober the posture, the more beautiful it will be.

Paulo Coelho

Let us be absolutely clear about one thing: we must not confuse humility with false modesty or servility.

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We have to stop and be humble enough to understand that there is something called mystery.

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Twitter is my bar. I sit at the counter and listen to the conversations, starting others, feeling the atmosphere.

Paulo Coelho

I'm not a person that socializes very well.

Paulo Coelho

When I'm dancing, I'm not thinking about anything. I am here. I am totally there. You know? And the feeling is a sensation of being away from myself. My soul dances with the angels, and my body dances with my wife.

Paulo Coelho

My connection with Brazil is so abstract. My blood and my way of thinking is Brazilian, but that's it. I don't tend to go back to the past, and although I have an apartment there, I rarely visit. When I move, I really move.

Paulo Coelho

I hate to be smart.

Paulo Coelho

People are very reluctant to talk about their private lives but then you go to the internet and they're much more open.

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My literature is much more the result of a paradox than that of an implacable logic, typical of police novels. The paradox is the tension that exists in my soul.

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You should treat a muse like a fairy.

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Everything for me is sacred, beginning with earth, but also going to things made by man.

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Author Bio

  • NamePaulo Coelho
  • DescriptionBrazilian lyricist and novelist
  • BornAugust 24, 1947
  • CountryBrazil
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist; Blogger; Actor; Composer
  • AwardsGolden Feather; Knight Of The Legion Of Honour