“The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho, is an amazing book. So simple yet so profound, it is always life-changing to those who read it. Here are some quotes from the book that have touched many…
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It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting. (p11)
What’s the world’s greatest lie? It’s this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what’s happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. (p18)
And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. (p23)
When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision. (p71)
Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life. (p77)
When you want something with all your heart, that’s when you are closest to the Soul of the World. It’s always a positive force. (p82)
I don’t live in either my past or my future. I’m interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you’ll be a happy man. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we’re living now. (p88/89)
All you have to do is contemplate a simple grain of sand, and you will see in it all the marvels of creation. Listen to your heart. It knows all things, because it came from the Soul of the World, and it will one day return there. (p134)
People are afraid to pursue their most important dreams, because they feel that they don’t deserve them, or that they’ll be unable to achieve them. (p136)
Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second’s encounter with God and with eternity.
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