--- title: "9 Intelligent Quotes By Paulo Coelho" description: "9 Intelligent quotes by Paulo Coelho. Plus more from Paulo Coelho and more Intelligent sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fea/paulo-coelho-10_behave_intelligent-people-discuss-ideas-fools-d_227627.jpg" --- > [Intelligent people discuss ideas. Fools discuss how people should behave.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/intelligent-people-discuss-ideas-fools-discuss-how-people-should/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fea/paulo-coelho-10_behave_intelligent-people-discuss-ideas-fools-d_227627.jpg) > [Nothing wrong with appearing to be a fool, if what you are doing is intelligent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/nothing-wrong-with-appearing-to-be-a-fool-if-what-you-are-doing-is/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/545/paulo-coelho-10_appearing_nothing-wrong-with-appearing-to-be-a-foo_2499448.jpg) > [Don't try to be brave when it is enough to be intelligent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/don-t-try-to-be-brave-when-it-is-enough-to-be-intelligent/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b4/paulo-coelho-10_be-brave_don-t-try-to-be-brave-when-it-is-enough_940477.jpg) > [It is much more intelligent, more practical, to be good rather than evil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/it-is-much-more-intelligent-more-practical-to-be-good-rather-than-evil/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f71/paulo-coelho-10_be-good_it-is-much-more-intelligent-more-practic_141863.jpg) > [Believing that other people are always better than you-better-looking, more capable, richer, more intelligent-and that it's very dangerous to step outside your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/believing-that-other-people-are-always-better-than-you-better-looking/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/656/paulo-coelho-10_believe_believing-that-other-people-are-always-b_2688726.jpg) > [When you write an article about anything, trolls use the comments to attack. They feel frustrated - but haters are losers. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/when-you-write-an-article-about-anything-trolls-use-the-comments-to/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/050/paulo-coelho-10_anything_when-you-write-an-article-about-anything_2123798.jpg) > [I only write to understand myself better... I don't try to show how intelligent or how cultivated I am, I just try…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-only-write-to-understand-myself-better-i-don-t-try-to-show-how/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a9/paulo-coelho-10_art-of-life_i-only-write-to-understand-myself-better_1662140.jpg) > [I came to realize that I was always looking for myself in the women I loved. I looked at their lovely, clean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-came-to-realize-that-i-was-always-looking-for-myself-in-the-women-i/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/664/paulo-coelho-10_dirt_i-came-to-realize-that-i-was-always-look_624158.jpg) > [You still haven't managed to heal the scars left by some of the injustices committed against you in your life and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/you-still-haven-t-managed-to-heal-the-scars-left-by-some-of-the/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1e/paulo-coelho-10_committed_you-still-haven-t-managed-to-heal-the-sc_1458728.jpg) ## Other authors on Intelligent ## More by Paulo Coelho > [I have inside me the winds, the deserts, the oceans, the stars, and everything created in the universe. We were all made by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-have-inside-me-the-winds-the-deserts-the-oceans-the-stars-and/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [Love will never separate a man from his personal legend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/love-will-never-separate-a-man-from-his-personal-legend/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [The world has a soul and whoever understands that soul can also understand the language of many things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/the-world-has-a-soul-and-whoever-understands-that-soul-can-also/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [You dont choose your life; it chooses you. Theres no point asking why life has reserved certain joys or griefs, you just accept them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/you-dont-choose-your-life-it-chooses-you-theres-no-point-asking-why/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [To love is to be in communion with the other and to discover in that other the spark of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/to-love-is-to-be-in-communion-with-the-other-and-to-discover-in-that/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [It is not enough to dream of the Impossible Love - it is necessary to conquer it too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/it-is-not-enough-to-dream-of-the-impossible-love-it-is-necessary-to/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [Eat when it is time to eat. And walk when it is time to walk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/eat-when-it-is-time-to-eat-and-walk-when-it-is-time-to-walk/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [People are reading more and writing more because of the internet. So the virtual world is a way for me to listen to my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/people-are-reading-more-and-writing-more-because-of-the-internet-so/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [“Joy is like sex – it begins and ends. I want pleasure. I want to be contended, but happiness? I no longer fall into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/joy-is-like-sex-it-begins-and-ends-i-want-pleasure-i-want-to-be/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [“Trudi se da zivis, sjecanja su za starije ljude.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/trudi-se-da-zivis-sjecanja-su-za-starije-ljude/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [I've always been a very restless person. I work hard, spend too much time looking after my son, I dance like a mad thing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-ve-always-been-a-very-restless-person-i-work-hard-spend-too-much/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/when-someone-leaves-it-s-because-someone-else-is-about-to-arrive/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [The past and the future become unimportant. There is only that moment, and the incredible certainty that everything under the sun has been written…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/the-past-and-the-future-become-unimportant-there-is-only-that-moment/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [She didn't need to understand the meaning of life; it was enough to find someone who did, and then fall asleep in his arms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/she-didn-t-need-to-understand-the-meaning-of-life-it-was-enough-to/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [“The simpler the pose, the better; the more sober, the more beautiful.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/the-simpler-the-pose-the-better-the-more-sober-the-more-beautiful/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/intelligent/paulo-coelho/#itemlist", "name": "9 Intelligent Quotes By Paulo Coelho", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Intelligent people discuss ideas. 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