By Paulo Coelho
When he was still a young man, Beethoven decided to compose a few improvisations on music by Pergolesi. He devoted months to this task and finally had the courage to publish it.
A critic wrote a whole-page review in a German newspaper in which he launched a ferocious attack on the music.
Beethoven, however, was quite unshaken by his comments. When his friends pressed him to respond to the critic, he merely said:
‘All I need to do is to carry on with my work. If the music I compose is as good as I think it is, then it will survive that journalist. If it has the depth I hope it has, it will survive the newspaper too. Should that ferocious attack on what I do ever be remembered in the future, it will only serve as an example of the imbecility of critics.’
Beethoven was absolutely right. Over a hundred years later, that same review was mentioned in a radio programme in São Paulo.
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I just finished a book titled, “The Witch of Portobello” by Paulo Coehlo. It was one of the best books i have ever read. My mom found it while in the gift store at the hospital when my grandfather had his surgery it was on the Princeton list of summer reading for college students. It was phenominal…
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According to legend, after an exhausting morning session of prayer in the monastery of Piedra, the novice asked the abbot if prayers brought God closer to mankind.
‘I’m going to reply with another question,’ said the abbot. ‘Will all the prayers you say make the sun rise tomorrow?’
‘Of course not! The sun rises in obedience to a universal law’…
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Good and Evil can only exist when we covet what we don’t have and want. How does Paulo do it? He writes these beautiful stories as if they were tapestries plucked from the sky and leaves you wanting more, thinking more and questioning everything! Did I mention he makes you think about GOD?
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Paulo Coelho is one of the greatest modern writers I’ve come across. His writings are deeply soulful and and applicably wise…
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