Paulo Coelho

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Paulo Coelho is a Brazilian author best known for 'The Alchemist', which explores themes of destiny, love, and self-discovery.

Born
August 24, 1947
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"Say "NO" without guilt. Say "YES" without fear."

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"You can only know a good wine if you have first tasted a bad one."

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"When faced by any loss, there’s no point in trying to recover what has been, it’s best to take advantage of the large space that opens up before us and fill it with something new."

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"In love, no one can harm anyone else; we are each responsible for our own feelings and cannot blame someone else for what we feel."

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"God has a plan for you, you are here in this world because God has a plan for you. And the problem is that people start listening to other people and they forget to listen to their heart and to see what is the plan that God has for you."

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"No one can posses an afternoon of rain beating against the window, or the serenity of a sleeping child, or the magical moment when the waves break on the rocks. No one can posses the beautiful things of this Earth, but we can know them and love them. It is through such moments that God reveals himself to mankind."

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"Walk firmly and with joy, without being afraid of stumbling. All your movements are being watched by your allies that will help you when necessary."

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"Pain, loss and separation are inevitable on the path of love, and the only way of avoiding them is by deciding not to take that path at all. In order not to suffer, you have to renounce love.It was like putting out your own eyes in order not to see the bad things in life."

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"We are responsible for everything that happens in this world. We are warriors of light, and with the strength of our love and of our will we can change our destiny and that of many other people."

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"Tragedies do happen. We can discover the reason, blame others, imagine how different our lives would be had they not occurred. But none of that is important: they did occur, and so be it. From there onward we must put aside the fear that they awoke in us and begin to rebuild"

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"The ship is safest when it is in port, but that’s not what ships were built for."

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"All you have to do is to pay attention; lessons always arrive when you are ready."

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"How much I missed, simply because I was afraid of missing it."

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"Perfect people don't drink, don't fight, don't lie, don't make mistakes and...don't exist"

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"When you really want something to happen, the whole universe conspires so that your wish comes true."

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"We always have a tendency to see those things that do not exist and to be blind to the great lessons that are right there before our eyes."

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"The important thing is to keep the fire in your heart and be strong to overcome hard moments."

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"The best way to serve God is by going in search of your own dreams. Only the happy can spread happiness."

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"And, when you can't go back, you have to worry only about the best way of moving forward."

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