“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”

— Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist (1988)

About Paulo Coelho

Born 1947

Brazilian novelist and lyricist, author of 'The Alchemist', one of the most widely translated books by a living author.

“When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”

“Lovers need to know how to lose themselves and then how to find themselves again.”

“The soul of the world is nourished by people's happiness.”

“To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action when there is more reason to fear than to hope.”

“There is not a truth existing which I fear or would wish unknown to the whole world.”

“He has no hope that never had a fear.”

“Neither love nor fire can subsist without perpetual motion; both cease to live so soon as they cease to hope, or to fear.”

“I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.”

“I hold no dream of fortune vast, Nor seek undying fame.”