Paulo Coelho's Blog, page 140
November 29, 2010
Prayer of Forgiveness (O Aleph)
Hilal and I, 2006 ___________________ EN ESPANOL AQUI: "Te perdono porque te amo y tu to me amas" EN FRANÇAIS ICI : Prière du Pardon ( O Aleph) ______________________________ - Remember the Aleph. Remember what you felt at that moment. The explanations and responses will not be sufficient. They will confuse you even more with [...]
November 28, 2010
Character of the week: Thoreau
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone. Dreams are the touchstones of our character. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting. Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where they should be. Now put the [...]
This blog: November 2010
click in the image to enlarge With still two days to go, we are over 1.650.000 views in November. That means that we are going to cross the 1.700.000 mark. The good news: this is fantastic – a place were people from all over the world discuss issues that are important to all of us. [...]
November 27, 2010
Memories and salt
I arrive in Madrid at eight o'clock in the morning. I will only be here a few hours, so it's not worth phoning friends and arranging to see them. I decide to go for a walk alone in my favourite places, and I end up sitting smoking a cigarette on a bench in the Retiro [...]
Memory and salt
I arrive in Madrid at eight o'clock in the morning. I will only be here a few hours, so it's not worth phoning friends and arranging to see them. I decide to go for a walk alone in my favourite places, and I end up sitting smoking a cigarette on a bench in the Retiro [...]
October 28, 2010
Agenda 2011
The 2011 Coelho Daily Planners are here! Accompanied by Catalina Estrada's beautiful illustrations. USA (English Edition) USA (En espanol) Italiano Français Deutsch Greek Portugues(Portugal) Polski Magyar Czech Holland Argentina Espana
October 27, 2010
Reader's story: two choices in life
sent by Dr. Proja There are always two choices in life, either put up with the conditions as they are, or take the responsibility to change them. It happened one fine day when I was at my father's clinic attending to his patients whilst he was out of town. A lady named Saraswati came with [...]
October 26, 2010
30 SEC READ: Tell a story (ENG, ESPA, PORT)
Illustration by Ken Crane _______________________________ CLICK AQUI PARA LEER EN ESPANOL: Por que contar histórias _______________________________ CLICK AQUI PARA PORTUGUES: Contando histórias _______________________________ The great Rabbi Israel Shem Tov, when he saw that the people in his village were being mistreated, went into the forest, lit a holy fire, and said a special prayer, asking [...]
October 9, 2010
20 SEC READ: Writing (ENG, ESPA, PORT)
ESPANOL: El acto de escribir PORTUGUES O ato de escrever ____________________________ "There are two types of writers: those who make you think and those who make you dream" says Brian Aldiss, who made me dream for such a long time with his science-fiction books. In principle I believe that every human being on this planet [...]
Character of the week: the critic
I use to receive some emails from readers that feel personally insulted when they read a bad review on my books. First of all, I thank you for your solidarity. Second: don't take the critics too seriously! Just ask: "if you can do better, why don't you write a book?" I am used to bad [...]
