Comments on: Should you know all about me?

By: Lyla

Lyla — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:46:38 +0000

Couldnt agree more on the last part “sometimes I think it’s better to go wrong and make all kinds of bad choices in order to become a better person”.

Unfortunately people dont see that better person when you reveal all the wrongs you have done. Its just you yourself who knows about the good transformation in you. But is that enough?

By: barbara

barbara — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 22:49:44 +0000

Enjoying your book, between sleeping, after nightshifts, cooking I am almost in the middle. Thank you for sharing your life with us through this book, I can tell you honestly it does not matter, because everyone of us at least me too have things in the past,like rebelling towards our parents, drugs, arrests, it just proves that we are human, we always change, we always evolve.

I don’t know why people are so shocked to discover when celebrities come out with secret and things from their past, after all we not saints.

Thank you and God Bless You Mr.Coelho I am glad you let this book be written and I would enjoy reading more of your poems:)

Love always

By: Derya

Derya — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 21:42:44 +0000

Yes, I’d like to know more about you. Because we’re human and no matter whatever we lived, it’s always inspiring to read the whole story..

Many regards,

By: Lux

Lux — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 20:41:51 +0000

Id like to read your biography, I don’t think it is horrifying to know a persons past,especially one who has grown from it and inspired many others. I think it is a gift to us, your fans, to get to know you better and understand where all that inspiration comes from … but it does make me wonder if by living a “politicly correct” life, will I grow? will I learn? … sometimes I think it’s better to go wrong and make all kinds of bad choices in order to become a better person.

By: barbara

barbara — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 19:10:24 +0000

Mr.Coehlo,
Your book have me crying,I had to stop after reading your letter to your father on father’s day today. That book only brings me closer to knowing you. Thank you.

By: Chanel

Chanel — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 18:14:24 +0000

I want to read your biography, I haven’t yet, I have so much respect for your as an auhor and human being, that I don’t think that to know about youyr drug abuse wold affect any of it, quite the opposite, as you have a full experience about life, about its failures, its temptantions..and you have chosen another path
It is v inspiring for all of us actually! and yet I read somewhere in a book, that it is for sure admirable a soul that never does mistake, but of course it is double admirable a soul thaht has done mistakes and decides to redeem and change!

By: barbara

barbara — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 22:12:17 +0000

How do you feel about it Mr.Coelho?

I have your biography but it is callec “Warrior’s Life” I wonder if it is the same one. It is authorized so I do assume it is the same. I haven’t read it yet because I am just finishing on “Confessions of a Pilgrim” and in it you reveal a lot.

Let’s see, would I be willing in your situation to reveal all? No, I don’t think so, you have every right to keep things you don’t want to talk about to yourself or only share it with few.

As your fan, I would say I want to know all Mr.Coelho!!!!!!
I was just reading about your drug use, and I can tell you as a former cocaine, heroine user I can agree with you that we are not protecting our kids, that anything that is forbidden sounds tempting to young people, we need to find a way to really keep them off that.

Thank you for being you,
Love always

By: Getu

Getu — Sat, 21 May 2011 06:00:08 +0000

I am reading your biography now, and while I still have a ways to go I am truly grateful that you let this be written.

To tell you the truth I admire you even more now than I did before knowing much about you. I have read all of your books (in either Estonian or English) and you have been my favorite author ever since I discovered a book of your’s in a tiny library in a town called Kilingi-Nomme, in Estonia.

Your biograhy shows that you aren’t this saint that writes books. Quite the opposite, your life experience and now all of these books makes you that much more admirable in my eyes. I guess many people don’t really want a face to the author writing those books, just the content in the book and then they can shape it for themselves any way they want. But I was at a point where I was ready to know more about you.

By: juhi kamra

juhi kamra — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 21:18:53 +0000

hi paulo,
no i do not want to know everything about you what brand of toothpaste do you use, what car you drive, what clothes you wear, which restaurants u eat. all this and more hardly matters and does not make a difference to my life. but certain episodes/experiences in your journey which brought you closer to the goal when shared help me in my quest. that’s what your books are all about. they are nothing but a glimpse into your soul. they are you.

i am not looking forward to ur biography. however there comes a point in everyones life when they donot want to hide anything. they are ready to share their innermost secrets cos their heart is free. that is a precious happening. maybe thats happening to u.

By: Guru Talks

Guru Talks — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 18:55:53 +0000

No Paulo, it is not right question? There is nothing in knowing about you until i know “who am i.”

But I love whatever you express and share from the core of your heart. That’s enough pal!

By: licorne

licorne — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 01:19:01 +0000

Il me semble qu’on a pas besoin de tout connaitre sur une personne. La majorité des gens ne font confiance qu’aux personnes dont ils connaissent le nom, le lieu de résidance, la profession…Je me permets de vous dire que le sourire de certaines paersonnes que j’ai croisé par hasard dans le train ou la rue, m’a illuminé le chemin mieux que certaines que soit disant -je connais toutes les infos de base sur eux”. Pour le passé d’une personne, il n’a nulle importance pour moi non plus ce que les gens disent. Je juge la personne à partir du jour ou mon àme a croisé la sienne et mème si elle comet des erreurs, je purifie mon àme en la pardonnant.

Cher Paulo, vous étes l’un de mes auteurs préférés et mon amour est si sincère pour vous et au delà d’emprisonner ce sentiment pur et loyal dans la prison des préjugés…

By: eleonora

eleonora — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 12:13:35 +0000

ammiro la tua scelta di aver parlato del tuo passato…chi ha scelto di essere deve mantenere coerenza con il proprio modo di pensare.non potrei crederti ,non potrei credere ai tuoi scritti,il filo sottile che mi unisce a te come lettore, e’trovarmi di fronte una persona che pur sbagliando ha saputo riconoscere la sua vera luce,se devo porre fiducia voglio trovarmi dinanzi a una persona che ha vissuto la sua vita e non quella degli altri.penso sia meglio una dura verita’ piuttosto che un eterna bugia….con affetto eleonora.SII PAULO.SUERTE…..

By: Antonella Wright

Antonella Wright — Wed, 19 May 2010 12:48:55 +0000

No one will ever know everything about us, there is luckily a little store in our heart that only lets out what we want to let out. I have only just started reading P.Cohelo’s books. I definitly read about “him” in all the books I have read so far, i read between the lines, and try to catch the meaning of the emotion he is trying to express, which i sometimes feel is more pronounced in his native language. His logic is provocative, and i think he still has lots of questions,more than answers.

By: rosa de los vientos

rosa de los vientos — Fri, 07 May 2010 22:07:12 +0000

NO, I READ YOUR BIOGRAFIC AND I DON´T KNOW ALL ABOUT YOU BECAUSE YOUR LIFE IS MANY RICH AND CHANGE IN ONE SECOND PERHAPS YOU CAN WRITE OTHER SECOND BIOGRAFIC WITH ALL YOU LIVE AND GOING TO LIVE.
BY THE WAY I LIKE THE BIOGRAFIC OF FERNANDO MORAIS, I LAUGTH, I CRY AND EVERYTHING. YOUR LIFE IS DIGNIFIED TO MAKE A FILM AND I WAIT THAT IT WAS POSIBLE.
KISSES TO YOU PERHAPS THE PEOPLE LOST THE PREJUDICE AND SEE WITH AN AMPLE MIND.

By: Dave C

Dave C — Fri, 07 May 2010 19:56:44 +0000

If we truly love and respect ourselves, should it matter if anyone knows something about us that they do not like or agree with?

By: Julian Bates

Julian Bates — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:53:14 +0000

Yes – you need to know my essence, and if you are a good, true freind, or lover, that shopld not be too-difficult to do, or see.
There are differing sides to our essential character too, all of these to be known soon enough…

By: Sophie

Sophie — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:37:30 +0000

uhm..I do see some potential problems in sharing everything about you with people you don’t know. Readers can read your biography, something else on line etc.. and be horrified because they’re reading a fact about you. But do we really know you? Were we there 5;10;20;30 years ago? We’re not connected emotionally on a personal, intimate level and in this way judging is waaaay to easy. We’re just there, reading. We can’t ask you questions, we can’t see your emotions, we’re not interacting, we’re “passive” in our reader role. I haven’t read your biography, but I wonder…let’s take an horrified reader, let’s put him/her in a livingroom with Paulo Coelho and a glass of wine maybe, and let’s chat, let’s talk about things for real, let’s add emotions to those facts. Would be this reader still so horrified?

By: Chancholoa

Chancholoa — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:28:53 +0000

That was a surprisng book, really entertaining. I woudnt wanna know everytng about someone i admire so much as bad an cowardly this might sound i woudnt wanna discover some dssapoiting detail, but if it came down to it, what a heck.

By: Beatriz M. Franquez

Beatriz M. Franquez — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:09:36 +0000

Exatamente “todos” … não é necessário, mas essencialmente a pessoa que não é só o escritor, sim. A questão é também … deve conhecer o mundo, “tudo” de todos os outros? uns aos outros?, seria suficiente com os factos de que “é” no momento .. não?. Beatriz.

By: sindi

sindi — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:20:54 +0000

el tiempo, siempre trae con siguo todo lo que debemos saber,.
en sus libros ,estoy segura que siempre plazma una parte de usted,
es un artista y su medio de expresion es la escritura es el ,medio que encontro para identificarse en el mundo,

se que ahorillas del rio piedra se sento y lloro como el agua del rio que fluye,brida tubo que subir a la quinta montaña en medio del zahir y como el guerrero de la luz en 11 minutos veronica desidio morir, y entre el demonio y la señorita prim, el peregrino de compostela en las walquirias vencio y se quedo solo………..esto es todo lo que me ineresa saber de usted sus vivencias sus deseos mas inconcientes expresados a traves de personajes de librosssssssssss……….

By: Beatriz M. Franquez

Beatriz M. Franquez — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:41:50 +0000

Not all, again, but people who feels you as a friend… a friendly soul to humanity.. shouldn’t be ‘horrorized’ about your journey.. because it is part of your learning experience in life. The result.. is you and that is what we feel close to.. as much a too feel you as a friend. Real friends.. don’t jugde all actions, instead they just embrace and help each other.

By: Beatriz M. Franquez

Beatriz M. Franquez — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:38:22 +0000

Not all, but as a friend.. because we readers feel you as a friend, we like to know as much as possible, that is usual in friendship… a human soul.. feels interest in the other human soul.. his feelings, experiences, sadness, happinness, success, defeats, hopes, dreams… thoughts… etc.,

By: Shamanraz

Shamanraz — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:38:37 +0000

How should I understand Salvium divinorum? Ive tryed the strongest extract more times but, always holded between the edge of choosing the form of life…its like rotating sphere in another dimension -not 3D i mean, and i always cant leave the edge…im not able to hold it and look through…ehm…mirror? dunno what should be name of that edge…so what to use to stop the time? give me a tip. Warm regards, Misun Peter

By: Patricia Lorenz

Patricia Lorenz — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:57:54 +0000

i think that people should know as much about you as you would like them to know about you. you might be a publicly known figure, but you are a person, and thus have your preferences in what, you say, and when and to whom.

i presume in releasing information on yourself for publication you are quite willing to pass on events from your life, but to what extend is your choice as much as it is a readers choice to read the material that you choose to make public. a reader can hardly complain about shocking facts in your life if he or she chose to read about these facts in the first place. life is all about choices, you have to make the choices that a are right for you, while your readers make the choices that are right for them.

personally i admire you less for how your write, but what you write about (i am saying this even though some people might hate me for this comment, but it is the truth) writing stiles are a personal preference, and i prefer some other authors styles, yet the content of your stories touches me more than any other i have read.

and as a result i would love to ask you questions, and i would love to meet the man behind the books, because i feel that you have a lot to teach, and i have a lot to learn from you.

By: carolina

carolina — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:50:04 +0000

hola paulo!como estas?te re kiero!me pondria re contenta saber que lees esto.pero sabe que sos re importante en mi vida,apesar que solo t conosco por tus libros y vos no me conoces,pero sabe que esta en mis planes conocerte.Beso y abrazo gigante con todo el alma!

By: Pupa

Pupa — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:20:05 +0000

My dear Paulo Coelho: What your books have given my life, definitely could not come from an evil man, we all have our history, filled with good things and bad, nobody is perfect, but all these are things that give us the tools for what we are today, for what you are today. If you know everything or nothing from you?, in particular for me is to know the fascinating story of a man who writes books as spiritual like yours and I do not judge simply admire the way a human being has managed to stand up and face the adversities of life.

By: juls

juls — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:47:09 +0000

Not, i think it depends of you,

You are a writter, many people learn and been inspired of your books, that have a lot of yourself. There are some others that don`t

But i think the question it’s WHAT FOR? what is the purpose of sharing this o that of my past?………
And we like readers or fans of you, make us the same question.

I don’t need to know everything of your past, i take the things i like of your books, And past away the things i not agree with,
i know you once in mexico in “guerreros de la luz ” group. i saw you`r human jjjjjj, so that`s good for me.
kisses.
Juls

By: saurabh

saurabh — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:05:07 +0000

dearest learner ….
as i have come to knw u since the very first time i read ur wrk ……. u hv always been a very avid and a daring learner ; learning from life watever it had to teach u at diffrent points of time …. evrytime u took those roads to sacred pilgrimages ..u took a road closer to ur self .. ur own .. soul … u hv taken a conscious initiative to hear it out .. becos u knew once and believed for times to come dat ur soul always had somethng to tell u ….. n u wanted to be der for it to be listened to .. just as it ws always dere .. wid u in d darkest of times of ur life ….. wat all i have gathered from ur books .. gives me a fair idea .. dat there is hardly any of the worldly lessons for u to learn .. but since learning is always a cumulative process and its never complete unless u pass the knowldege to the rest who seek it ….. ull never be satisfied … .. u will always have somethng to say … and something to listen to .. now i guess after all those works of urs .. whre u had .. talked abt .. the importance of following one’s dream , to have faith,to see the lighter side of the darkness, to almost just about evrything ….. i guess.. u have reached ur accomodation point ..once again … now wat is left for ya to speak .. can hardly be put as a story .. so u giving it away as ur biography is the wisest of any other story u cud think off ….. i silently but very completely agree with ur idea of baring it all …… becos .. its important to culminate all ur lessons into one .. where the seekeers can understand … how to track their own accomodation point …… .. dat is the only best .. dat ur work can do to us ..as seekeers now and in times to come ……… love pauolo …. god bless u …

By: Bethel

Bethel — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 05:25:41 +0000

Nothing is life is ABSOLUTE! What’s ok today, may not be Ok tomorrow, what’s OK here may not be OK there. What’s Ok in this case, may not be ok in other cases. It all depends on situations, intentions behind them, place, time, and audiences.
We sometimes need to filter informations we share based on our intentions: ‘What is the purpose of my sharing this information? ‘what would my readers gain from the infomation I share? Is it useful,harmful, or benign information? .. After asking questions, if there’s no harm behind it, then of course it’s ok to share. If not, then we may need to plug in our filters. :)

By: Rose

Rose — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:38:33 +0000

You have been so generous with the world sharing all that you have become, how could we dare to ask for more? The question really is this: without your past would you have become all that you are now? Your spirit infused words breathed life into my soul which had writhered and seared in a crucible and was sliding slowly into darkness. You returned me to light. We who adore you would like to absorb every bit of information you will allow. Ahhh, but should we? well…All I know is that if we can, we will.