Paulo Coelho Quotes

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute exper... -Paulo Coelho

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.

I believe enlightenment or revelation comes in daily life. I look for joy, the peace of action. You need action. I'd have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money.

You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.

Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible: the fear of failure.

Of course, to have money is just great because you can do what you think is important to you. I always was a rich person because money's not related to happiness.

Elegance is usually confused with superficiality, fashion, lack of depth. This is a serious mistake: human beings need to have elegance in their actions and in their posture because this word is synonymous with good taste, amiability, equilibrium and harmony.

When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you f... -Paulo Coelho

When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It's very simple.

However happy people say they are, nobody is satisfied: we always have to be with the prettiest woman, buy a bigger house, change cars, desire what we do not have.

I was not encouraged to follow the career of a writer because my parents thought that I was going to starve to death. They thought nobody can make a living from being a writer in Brazil. They were not wrong.

Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.

If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting it.

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.

Every day I try to be in communication with the un... -Paulo Coelho

Every day I try to be in communication with the universe in an unconscious way.

Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its l... -Paulo Coelho

Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows.

I have seen many storms in my life. Most storms have caught me by surprise, so I had to learn very quickly to look further and understand that I am not capable of controlling the weather, to exercise the art of patience and to respect the fury of nature.

The more in harmony with yourself you are, the more joyful you are and the more faithful you are. Faith is not to disconnect you from reality - it connects you to reality.

We want to answer this classical question, who am I? So I think that most of our works are for art, or whatever we do, including science or religion, tried to answer that question.

One is loved because one is loved. No reason is ne... -Paulo Coelho

One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.

It took me 40 years to write my first book. When I was a child, I was encouraged to go to school. I was not encouraged to follow the career of a writer because my parents thought that I was going to starve to death.

I think you can have 10,000 explanations for failu... -Paulo Coelho

I think you can have 10,000 explanations for failure, but no good explanation for success.

You're always learning. The problem is, sometimes you stop and think you understand the world. This is not correct. The world is always moving. You never reach the point you can stop making an effort.

Beauty is the greatest seducer of man.

Life was always a matter of waiting for the right ... -Paulo Coelho

Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act.

Everybody is a political person, whether you say something or you are silent. A political attitude is not whether you go to parliament; it's how you deal with your life, with your surroundings.

I'm not saying that love always takes you to heaven. Your life can become a nightmare. But that said, it is worth taking the risk.

I always was a rich person because money's not rel... -Paulo Coelho

I always was a rich person because money's not related to happiness.

Happiness is just another of the tricks that our genetic system plays on us to carry out its only role, which is the survival of the species.

With all due respect, the Mona Lisa is overrated.

The good old days, when each idea had an owner, ar... -Paulo Coelho

The good old days, when each idea had an owner, are gone forever.

Discovering the context

This quote reflects on a perceived shift in the concept of intellectual property or ownership of ideas. It suggests that in the past, ideas were attributed to specific individuals, but in the present or future, ideas are shared and developed collectively, highlighting the changing dynamics of knowledge and innovation.

I lived in a dictatorship in Brazil, and I was arrested three times. I felt in my flesh what it is to live under such a regime and experience deprivation of freedom.

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