I have just had dinner, now I am having some coffee and contemplating the painting in front of me: it was put in a river and left there for a year, waiting for nature to give the final touch to the painter’s work.
Half of the painting was carried off by the waters and bad weather, [...]
By Paulo Coelho
At the moment my life is a symphony made up of three different movements: “many people,” “some people,” and “hardly anybody.” Each of these movements lasts about four months a year; they often come together during the same month, but they never get mixed up.
“Many people” are those moments when I am in [...]
By Paulo Coelho
The end of one stage is only the beginning of another. Any dangers overcome are the necessary preparation to do better in the next stage.
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Who makes you happy?
My wife Christina.
2009… Let’s make a list of the things you intend to do.
I will keep this list and by the end of 2009, I will post it here again and you may comment on it. What you fulfilled and what you postponed for 2009.
I look forward to your list and in the meantime I wish you [...]
By Paulo Coelho
Almost in the space of the same week, I received from two readers a text that was supposedly written by me. No, it is not mine - although it has a lot to do with the way I see life. Since I found the material interesting, and in the hope of discovering the [...]
“There is a moment where everything becomes fire” says Heraclitus (a Greek philosopher). “The stars are flames … the sun being the brightest and warmer … the soul is the spark that sets alight the essence of the stars”.
The flame is the visible manifestation of the very principle of life. By extension it also portrays [...]
By Paulo Coelho
In our obsessive wish to arrive, we often forget the most important thing, which is the journey.
The Pilgrimage
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