Paulo Coelho's Blog

Aleph: comentários/comments

Paulo Coelho — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:11:59 +0000

This space is moderated, but not censored. You can post your comments in any language. To read the comments in a different language, please click on the flag on your right (sidebar) Hay un moderador, pero los comentarios no serán censurados. Para leer los comentarios en otras lenguas, utilize las banderas en la barra lateral [...]

1 MIN READING: the cry of the desert

Paulo Coelho — Thu, 24 May 2012 00:23:14 +0000

As soon as he arrived in Marrakesh, Morocco, a missionary decided he would stroll through the desert at the city’s boundary every morning. On his first stroll he noticed a man lying on the sand, caressing the ground with his hands and leaning his ears towards the earth. “He is mad,” the missionary said to [...]

Campbell on himself

Paulo Coelho — Mon, 21 May 2012 23:43:51 +0000

Joseph Campbell is another proof that if we are following our dreams, things will come to us in the exact timing. Even so, we do not always have the courage to choose our destiny. Below, some of his thoughts: When you attend college, you don’t do what you desire, but you only seek to learn [...]

The holistic communion

Paulo Coelho — Sun, 20 May 2012 00:55:52 +0000

Today, we see signs of society reverting to this sense of ‘oneness’ – but rather spontaneously. And the example of Greek (Athenian) democracy comes to mind because it showed how society is responsible for each individual and vice versa. But than an important change happened with the Punic wars at the beginning of the Roman [...]

Inner struggles

Paulo Coelho — Sat, 19 May 2012 08:36:09 +0000

I am always struggling with myself, but I am very optimistic in this sense. People are realizing more and more that happiness is freedom, and freedom is to be able to “travel light”, not possessing a lot of things, because at the end of the day, the things start to possess you. I remember that [...]

On a quiet Belgian square…

Paulo Coelho — Fri, 18 May 2012 06:40:30 +0000

Cena con 10 amigos de Twitter

Paulo Coelho — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:28:28 +0000

Following the challenge posted in 3.000.000 Twitter here is the film of our dinner (each one gives an statement, and I speak in the end) Seguindo o desafio postado em 3.000.000 Twitter, aqui um pequeno filme sobre o jantar (cada um fala de si mesmo e eu falo no final) La cena com los lectores/amigos [...]

In search of my island

Paulo Coelho — Wed, 16 May 2012 10:20:32 +0000

When I wrote The Zahir, the main character says: writing is getting lost at sea. It’s discovering your own untold story and trying to share it with others. It’s realizing, when you show it to people you have never seen, what is in your own soul. In the book, a famous writer on spiritual matters, [...]

Hangout G+ 15/05/2012 (Portugues)

Paulo Coelho — Tue, 15 May 2012 20:52:53 +0000

Four topics about fear

Paulo Coelho — Tue, 15 May 2012 08:45:51 +0000

by Chandresh Bhardwaj The origin of fear lies in the unknown. Be it the darkness, ghosts, weather calamities or whatever is unknown to the man is feared the most. If you are walking in darkness, you are afraid to go ahead, fearing what will come next. However, as the light appears, the fear tends to [...]

10 SEC READING: The intelligent servant

Paulo Coelho — Sun, 13 May 2012 01:01:19 +0000

EM PORTUGUES Y ESPANOL AQUI > O empregado inteligente / el empleado inteligente When he was staying at an air base in Africa, author Saint-Exupéry passed the hat among his friends because a Moroccan servant wanted to return to his home town. He managed to collect a thousand francs. One of the pilots flew the [...]

Twicam, 12 mayo 2012

Paulo Coelho — Fri, 11 May 2012 23:26:56 +0000

Twitcam logo depois de entregar manuscrito

Paulo Coelho — Fri, 11 May 2012 23:06:53 +0000

The magic moment

Paulo Coelho — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:05:29 +0000

POST EN ESPANOL AQUI: El instante mágico POS EM PORTUGUES AQUI: O momento mágico (USA ONLY:”By the River Piedra I sat down and wept” for 0,99 USD Kindle + Nook + iBookstore) Promotion ends Sunday, May 13, 2012 And then he told us: We have to take risks. We can only truly understand the miracle [...]

Your children / Sus hijos/ Teus filhos

Paulo Coelho — Fri, 11 May 2012 00:47:41 +0000

On Children (by Kahlil Gibran) Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have [...]

11 minutes of sex

Paulo Coelho — Thu, 10 May 2012 23:24:12 +0000

IMPORTANT: in USA, ““Eleven Minutes” is available as an ebook for 0,99 USD till this next Sunday, May 13 in Kindle + Nook + iBookstore _____________________________________________ EM ESPANOL AQUI>>>: Once minutos EM PORTUGUES: Onze minutos The men she had met since she arrived in Geneva always did everything they could to appear confident, as if [...]

A warrior of light is never predictable

Paulo Coelho — Wed, 09 May 2012 00:03:54 +0000

Warriors of light are never predictable. They might dance down the street on their way to work, gaze into the eyes of a complete stranger and speak of love at first sight, or else defend an apparently absurd idea. Warriors of light allow themselves days like these. They are not afraid to weep over ancient [...]

Satan sells used objects

Paulo Coelho — Mon, 07 May 2012 00:00:33 +0000

Needing to adapt to the new times, Satan decided to get rid of a whole lot of his stock of temptations. He placed an ad in the newspaper and attended his customers all day in his workshop. It was a fantastic stock: stones for the virtuous to stumble over, mirrors for increasing one’s self-importance, and [...]

Dreams and nightmares

Paulo Coelho — Sat, 05 May 2012 00:55:10 +0000

No one will realistically think that you can make a living out of literature in Brazil. I faced many difficulties. When I was young, my parents in a desperate act of love, as they cared for me, sent me to a mental institution. They thought I was mad, as I wanted to be a writer. [...]

Um livro pelo preço de uma música

Paulo Coelho — Thu, 03 May 2012 20:01:07 +0000

Como é sabido, sempre fui a favor do conteúdo livre na internet. Mas a primeira vez que falei disso, em 2007, foi um Deus-nos-acuda. Como? E de que os autores vão viver? Penso que os escritores que tiverem inteligência suficiente, entenderão que a Web é uma porta de entrada para seus trabalhos. Uma vez lidas [...]

Tracking Amazon: Coelho E-books Dropped to $1, Skyrocket

Paulo Coelho — Wed, 02 May 2012 17:24:35 +0000

by Publishers Weekly May 2, 2012 Paulo Coelho, author of The Alchemist and recent supporter of piracy, has come to an agreement with his publisher HarperCollins to drop the prices of 11 of his books (not including The Alchemist) to $0.99. On his blog, Coelho stated: “This is a crucial decision for me. For years [...]

May 1, Twitcam on the price of ebooks

Paulo Coelho — Tue, 01 May 2012 20:58:23 +0000

A book for the price of a song

Paulo Coelho — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:46:54 +0000

IMPORTANT NOTICE: PROMOTION IS VALID FOR USA & CANADA ONLY. If you click in the links outside these territories, the browser will show a different price Em breve faremos isso com Portugues e Espanol. Editores já estão de acordo _______________________________ One of my US publishers, Harper Collins, following a conversation with my agent Monica Antunes [...]

Asking for advice

Paulo Coelho — Tue, 01 May 2012 00:07:15 +0000

People who are part of our daily life can give us important hints on decisions we need to take. But for this purpose all that is needed is a sharp eye and an attentive ear, because those who have ready solutions are usually suspect. It’s very dangerous to ask for advice. It’s very easy, but [...]

Alice

Paulo Coelho — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 02:54:05 +0000

__________________________________ EN ESPANOL AQUI>>> Alicia ___________________________________ I wonder if I’ve been changed in the night? Let me think. Was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I’m not the same, the next question is ‘Who in the world am I?’ Ah, [...]

Inteview Metro UK (trad. française)

Paulo Coelho — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:32:25 +0000

LINK FOR THE INTERVIEW IN ENGLISH>>> CLICK HERE L’auteur Paulo Coelho parle avec Metro sur le succes de son roman ‘L’Alchimiste”. d’etre la deuxieme personne qui a le plus d’influence apres Justin Bieber et de son nouveau livre ‘Aleph’. ‘Aleph’, de quoi s’agit-il? Mon experience sur le train le ‘Trans Siberien’. Je pensais que j’etais [...]

Interview: Metro UK

Paulo Coelho — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:04:52 +0000

What’s Aleph about? My experience on the Trans-Siberian Railway. I was thinking: ‘I’m already a very successful author, I don’t need to do anything,’ and was feeling something was wrong. I travelled for three months. I started in London in 2006 and ended up in Vladivostok – just to get in contact with my soul. [...]

Afraid of the lion?

Paulo Coelho — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:27:53 +0000

A group of monks from the monastery of Sceta – among them the great Abbot Nicerius – were walking in the Egyptian desert when a lion appeared before them. Terrified, they all began to run. Years later, when Nicerius was on his death bed, one of the monks remarked: “Abbot, do you remember the day [...]

O empregado inteligente / el empleado inteligente

Paulo Coelho — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:16:28 +0000

Na época em uma base aérea na África, o escritor Saint-Exupéry fez uma coleta com seus amigos, pois um empregado marroquino queria voltar à cidade natal. Conseguiu juntar mil francos. Um dos pilotos transportou o empregado até Casablanca, e voltou contando o que aconteceu: “Assim que chegou, foi jantar no melhor restaurante, distribuiu generosas gorjetas, [...]

April 23, Viva Saint George!

Paulo Coelho — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:11:30 +0000

It is likely that Saint George was born to a Christian noble family in Lod, Syria Palaestina during the late third century between about 275 AD and 285 AD, and he died in Nicomedia. His father, Gerontius, was a Roman army official from Cappadocia and his mother, Polychronia, was from Palestine. They were both Christians [...]