Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist Quotes
You must understand that love never keeps a man from pursuing his destiny. If he abandons that pursuit, it's because it wasn't true love… the love that speaks the Language of the World.
Everyone, when they are young, knows what their destiny is. At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible.
But this payment goes well beyond my generosity, " the monk responded."Don’t say that again. Life might be listening, and give you less the next time.
It's only those who are persistent, and willing to study things deeply, who achieve the Master Work
When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.
Even from a distance, their eyes conveyed the strength of their souls. And their eyes spoke of death.
Once someone asked me, "What do you want to be your epitaph?" So I said, "Paulo Coelho died when he was alive.
So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.
People need not fear the unknown if they are capable of achieving what they need and want.
to die tomorrow was no worse than dying on any other day. Every day was there to be lived or to mark one’s departure from this world.
There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.
But if you believe yourself worthy of the thing you fought so hard to get, then you become an instrument of God, you help the Soul of the World, and you understand why you are here.
And the camel driver had said, to die tomorrow was no worse than dying on any other day. Every day was there to be lived or to mark one's departure from this world.
Don't give in to your fears. If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart.
I am talking to you, but the moment I am talking to you, the universe is being created and destroyed.
He felt the urge to go into the desert, to see if it’s silence held the answers to his questions.
The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.
People are capable at anytime in their lives, of doing what they dream of
When each day is the same as the next, it’s because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day that the sun rises.
If I can learn to understand this language without words, I can learn to understand the world.
His way isn't the same as mine, nor mine as his. But we're both in search of our destinies, and I respect him for that.
He could always go back to be a shepherd, but he had a dream. That's doesn't happen to just anyone.
Well, then, why should I listen to my heart?""Because you will never again be able to keep it quiet.
And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
But I'm afraid that it would be all be a disappointment, so I prefer just to dream about it.
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.
Because I know the things I should be able to accomplish, and I don't want to do so.
You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it's better to listen to what it has to say.
Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.
If you start out by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work toward getting it.
It's the oasis, " said the camel driver."Well, why don't we go there right now?" the boy asked."Because we have to sleep.
When we first begin fighting for our dreams, we have no experience and make many mistakes. The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and get up eight times.
Whoever you are, or whatever it is that you do, when you really want something, it's because that desire originated in the soul of the universe. It's your mission on earth.
Life doesn´t come with any guarantees. You have to risk it to get the biscuit." - The Alchemist, Paulo Cohelo -
that's why I want you to continue toward your goal. If you have to wait until the war is over, then wait. But if you have to go before then, go on in pursuit of your dream.
Then, sometime during the fourth year, the omens will abandon you, because you've stopped listening to them.
that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That's the world's greatest lie.
It was shepherds who were the first to recognize a king that the rest of the world refused to acknowledge. So it’s not surprising that kings would talk to shepherds.
Those who don't understand their personal legends will fail to comprehend its teachings.
For her, every day was the same, and when each day is the same as the next, it's because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day that the sun rises.
If I could, I'd write a huge encyclopedia just about the words luck and coincidence
I must have no fear of failure. It was my fear of failure that first kept me from attempting the Master Work.
Because I don't live in either my past or my future.I'm interested only in the present".