✪ KEYNOTES - ⚫Paulo Coelho is a Brazilian author who has published numerous bestselling books, including The Alchemist, The Pilgrimage, Brida , Eleven Minutes  & The Archer. ⚫His work has been translated into over 80 languages and has sold over 150 million copies worldwide. ⚫The Brazilian author is an advocate for many causes, including environmental and human rights issues. ⚫The quotes in this blog provide a glimpse into the mind of this remarkable man.

A. Quotes On Finding Passion:

1. "When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it." - Paulo Coelho

2. "People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of." - Paulo Coelho

3. "Life has a way of testing a person’s will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen at once." - Paulo Coelho

4. "Passion makes a person stop eating, sleeping, working, feeling at peace. A lot of people are frightened because, when it appears, it demolishes all the old things it finds in its path." - Paulo Coelho

5. "No one wants their life thrown into chaos. That is why a lot of people keep that threat under control, and are somehow capable of sustaining a house or a structure that is already rotten. They are the engineers of the superseded.

Other people think exactly the opposite, they surrender themselves without a second thought, hoping to find in passion the solutions to all their problems. They make the other person responsible for their happiness and blame them for their possible unhappiness. They are either euphoric because something marvelous has happened or depressed because something unexpected has just ruined everything. 

Keeping passion at bay or surrendering blindly to it - which of these two attitudes is the least destructive?"  - Paulo Coelho

6. "You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it's better to listen to what it has to say." - Paulo Coelho

7. "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." - Paulo Coelho

8. "When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself." - Paulo Coelho

9. "Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure." - Paulo Coelho

10. "The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them." - Paulo Coelho

11. "Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day." - Paulo Coelho

B. Paulo Coelho Quotes On Taking Risk In Life:

12. "Everything tells me that I am about to make a wrong decision, but making mistakes is just part of life. What does the world want of me? Does it want me to take no risks, to go back to where I came from because I didn't have the courage to say YES to life?" - Paulo Coelho

13. "We pretend to be strong because we are weak." - Paulo Coelho

14. "If pain must come, may it come quickly. Because I have a life to live, and I need to live it in the best way possible. If he has to make a choice, may he make it now. Then I will either wait for him or forget him." - Paulo Coelho

15. "Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity." - Paulo Coelho

16. "Don't give in to your fears. If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart." - Paulo Coelho

17. "There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them. But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there." - Paulo Coelho

18. "The secret of life is to fall seven times and to get up eight times." - Paulo Coelho

19. "There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure." - Paulo Coelho

C. Paulo Coelho Quotes On Love:

20. "Love is an untamed force. When we try to control it, it destroys us. When we try to imprison it, it enslaves us. When we try to understand it, it leaves us feeling lost and confused." - Paulo Coelho

21. "When you are loved, you can do anything in creation. When you are loved, there's no need at all to understand what's happening, because everything happens within you." - Paulo Coelho

22. "Love is always new. Regardless of whether we love once, twice, or a dozen times in our life, we always face a brand-new situation. Love can consign us to hell or to paradise, but it always takes us somewhere. We simply have to accept it, because it is what nourishes our existence. If we reject it, we die of hunger, because we lack the courage to stretch out a hand and pluck the fruit from the branches of the tree of life. We have to take love where we find it, even if that means hours, days, weeks of disappointment and sadness." - Paulo Coelho

23. "The moment we begin to seek love, love begins to seek us. And to save us." - Paulo Coelho

D. Paulo Coelho Quotes On Life:

24. "People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves." - Paulo Coelho

25. "If someone isn't what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own." - Paulo Coelho

26. "Every blessing ignored becomes a curse." - Paulo Coelho

27. "Sometimes, we are so attached to our way of life that we turn down wonderful opportunities simply because we don't know what to do with it." - Paulo Coelho

28. "Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed." - Paulo Coelho

29. "No one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it." - Paulo Coelho

30. "When each day is the same as the next, it’s because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day that the sun rises." - Paulo Coelho

31. "When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too." - Paulo Coelho

32. "Real love is composed of ecstasy and agony." - Paulo Coelho

33. "We must never stop dreaming. Dreams provide nourishment for the soul, just as a meal does for the body." - Paulo Coelho

E. Paulo Coelho Quotes On Patience:

34. "Why is patience so important? Because it makes us pay attention." - Paulo Coelho

35. "The two hardest tests on the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what we encounter." - Paulo Coelho

36. "Don't allow your mind to tell your heart what to do. The mind gives up easily." - Paulo Coelho

F. Paulo Coelho Quotes On Moving Forward:

37. "When you can't go back, you have to worry only about the best way of moving forward." - Paulo Coelho

38. "Stop thinking all the time that you're in the way, that you're bothering the person next to you. If people don't like it, they can complain. And if they don't have the courage to complain, that's their problem." - Paulo Coelho

39. "It is always important to know when something has reached its end. Closing circles, shutting doors, finishing chapters, it doesn't matter what we call it; what matters is to leave in the past those moments in life that are over." - Paulo Coelho

40. "When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes … the path of wisdom means not being afraid to make mistakes." - Paulo Coelho

41 "Faith is a dark night, and that’s hardly a surprise really. Because for us each day is dark night. None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, and yet still we go forward. Because we trust, because we have faith." - Paulo Coelho

42. "Fortunate are those who takes the first step." - Paulo Coelho

43. "Making a decision was only the beginning of things. When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision." - Paulo Coelho

44. "I am two women: One wants to have all the joy, passion and adventure life can give me. The other wants to be a slave to routine, to family life, to other things which can be planned and achieved. I am a housewife and a prostitute, both of us living in the same body and doing battle with each other. The meeting of these two women is a game with serious risks. A divine dance. When we meet, we are two divine energies, two universes colliding. If the meeting is not carried out with due reverence, one universe destroys the other." - Paulo Coelho

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

⚫ What is Paulo Coelho best known for?

Paulo Coelho is best known for writing the novel The Alchemist.

⚫ Which Paulo Coelho book should I read first?

The Alchemist is often considered Paulo Coelho's best work, so that might be a good place to start.

⚫ In what order should you read Paulo Coelho books?

There is no definitive answer to this question, as different people may have different preferences. However, many people generally recommend starting with Coelho's most famous book, "The Alchemist", and then reading his other works in chronological order.

⚫ What is a famous quote from Paulo Coelho?

"And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it." (From goodreads)

⚫ What languages does Paulo Coelho speak?

Portuguese

⚫ How many books has Coelho sold?

Paulo Coelho has sold more than 150 million books.

⚫ What other books are like The Alchemist? 

  1. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez.
  2. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer.
  3. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
  4. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Conclusion: 

One of the main reasons why Paulo Coelho is a favorite author for many people, including me, is because he has been able to inspire millions of people from all over the world. 

Even though his books are not always easy to read, they will always teach you something new about life. In this article, we've provided you with some of our favorite quotes from this amazing author. 

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