The Alchemist Quotes

...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.

It's only those who are persistent, and willing to study things deeply, who achieve the Master Work

The Universe Conspires....to get what you truly desire

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.

A shepherd may like to travel, but he should never forget his sheep.

But I'm afraid that it would be all be a disappointment, so I prefer just to dream about it.

Because I know the things I should be able to accomplish, and I don't want to do so.

If you start out by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work toward getting it.

When you are loved, you can do anything in creation.

And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

Isn't wine prohibited here?" the boy asked. "It's not what enters men's mouths that's evil, " said the alchemist. "It's what comes out of their mouths that is.

Life doesn´t come with any guarantees. You have to risk it to get the biscuit." - The Alchemist, Paulo Cohelo -

When you want something, he entire universe conspires to help you achieve it.

People are capable at anytime in their lives, of doing what they dream of

The problem is that they don't even realize that they're walking a new road every day. They don't see that the fields are new and the seasons change. All they think about is food and water

If someone isn't what others want them to be, the others become angry.

Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey.

To realize one's destiny is a person's only real obligation and when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

… "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." - The Alchemist, Paulo Cohelo -

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.

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.

He felt the urge to go into the desert, to see if it’s silence held the answers to his questions.

Because, wherever your heart is, that is where you´ll find your treasure

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.

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.

To realize one's destiny is a person's only obligation

Every day was there to be lived or to mark one's departure from this world.

Even from a distance, their eyes conveyed the strength of their souls. And their eyes spoke of death.

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.

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 someone isn't what others want them to be, the other become angry.

He could always go back to be a shepherd, but he had a dream. That's doesn't happen to just anyone.

Ah, well, when you explain it like that, it seems obvious, " said Mudge. "Of course, it always seems obvious once it's been explained.

And what is that thing which you promise to provide?- 'The beauty of the soul and the simplicity of happiness', he replied.

...he learned the most important part of the language that all the world spoke—the language that everyone on earth was capable of understanding in their heart. It was love.

Art is a culmination of all that one stands for

A man who knows what other men know, know nothing for they all know the same

Writers have to be tenacious to the point of being pathological. Rejection and criticism is assured.

it feels nice to know about things and about oneself.

He could make mistakes.... the first time.

Roy: "Looks like it's starting to rain"Riza: "But..It's not raining..."Roy: "Yes it is. This is the rain.

We are what we are at this moment and no more.

A painless lesson is one without any meaning, one who does not sacrifice anything cannot achieve anything.

It is destiny which takes you to people who have the answers to your questions.

Haven't you ever heard of the saying, "If you want to shoot the general, first shoot the horse!"?' --LinIf you wanna shoot the general, then you should just SHOOT THE GENERAL!' --Ed