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Paulo Coelho was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1947.
* He was a rebellious teenager who was once institutionalized for his beliefs.
* He became a successful lyricist in the 1970s, writing songs for popular Brazilian singer Raul Seixas.
* In 1987, he published his first novel, The Pilgrimage, which became an international bestseller.
* His most famous novel, The Alchemist, was published in 1988 and has sold over 85 million copies worldwide.
* Coelho has been translated into 88 languages and has won numerous awards, including the Crystal Award from the World Economic Forum.
* He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters and is a United Nations Messenger of Peace.
* He continues to write and travel extensively, inspiring readers all over the world with his message of hope and personal transformation.

Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.

Paulo Coelho

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : Forgive but do not forget, or you will be hurt again. Forgiving changes the perspectives. Forgetting loses the lesson.

Forgive but do not forget, or you will be hurt again. Forgiving changes the perspectives. Forgetting loses the lesson.

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Go and get your things,' he said. 'Dreams mean work.

Paulo Coelho

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

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Never miss an opportunity to show your love, especially to those close to you, because we are always at our most cautious with them for fear of being hurt.

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Because you believed I was capable of behaving decently, I did.

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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.

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What made you fall in love with a prostitute?I didn’t understand it myself at the time. But I’ve thought about it since, and I think it was because, knowing that your body would never be mine alone, I had to concentrate on conquering your soul.

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In fairy tales, the princesses kiss the frogs, and the frogs become princes. In real life, the pricesses kiss princes, and the princes turn into frogs.

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I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.

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It is part of the human nature always to judge others very severely and,when the wind turns against us,always to find an excuse for our own misdeeds,or to blame someone else for our mistakes.

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Love is not a habit, a commitment, or a debt. It isn't what romantic songs tell us it is - love simply is.

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We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.

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 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : Certain things in life simply have to be experienced -and never explained. Love is such a thing.

Certain things in life simply have to be experienced -and never explained. Love is such a thing.

Paulo Coelho

We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation.

Paulo Coelho

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