Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist Quotes
There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.
The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.
So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.
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.
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.
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.
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.
The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to 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.
No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn't know it.
You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it's better to listen to what it has to say.
Don't give in to your fears. If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart.
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.
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.
The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.
This is what we call love. When you are loved, you can do anything in creation. When you are loved, there's no need at all to understand what's happening, because everything happens within you.
If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting it.
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".
If I could, I'd write a huge encyclopedia just about the words luck and coincidence
Maybe God created the desert so that man could appreciate the date trees
People need not fear the unknown if they are capable of achieving what they need and want.
If I can learn to understand this language without words, I can learn to understand the world.
As he was about to climb yet another dune, his heart whispered, "Be aware of the place where you are brought to tears. That's where I am, and thats where your treasure is.
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.
I am talking to you, but the moment I am talking to you, the universe is being created and destroyed.
Once someone asked me, "What do you want to be your epitaph?" So I said, "Paulo Coelho died when he was alive.
Those who don't understand their personal legends will fail to comprehend its teachings.
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.
Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time
If a person is living out his Personal Legend, he knows everything he needs to know. There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.
Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.
It's now what enters men's mouths that's evil. It's what comes out of their mouths that is.
If you start out by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work toward getting it.
Well, then, why should I listen to my heart?""Because you will never again be able to keep it quiet.
Because I know the things I should be able to accomplish, and I don't want to do so.
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.
...one dies of thirst just when the palm tress have appeared on the horizon.
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.
Everyone, when they are young, knows what their destiny is. At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible.