The Alchemist is a novel by Paulo Coelho first published in 1998 in Portuguese and by the year 2011, book has been translated into 71 languages ( A Guinness World Record). The Alchemist follows a young Andalusian shepherd named Santiago in his journey to Egypt, after having a recurring dream of finding treasure there.
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And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
And, when you can't go back, you have to worry only about the best way of moving forward.
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
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.
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
Don't give in to your fears. If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart.
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
Don't think about what you've left behind" The alchemist said to the boy as they began to ride across the sands of the desert. "If what one finds is made of pure matter, it will never spoil. And one can always come back. If what you had found was only a moment of light, like the explosion of a star, you would find nothing on your return.
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey.
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
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Everyone on earth has a treasure that awaits him.
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
God only rarely reveals the future. When he does so, it is for one reason: it's a future that was written so as to be altered.
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
If someone isn't what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
If good things are coming, they will be a pleasant surprise," said the seer. "If bad things are, and you know in advance, you will suffer greatly before they even occur.
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting it.
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life.
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
It is said that all people who are happy have God within them.
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer.
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
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.
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.
Paulo Coelho, Alchemist
Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
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So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
Sometimes there's just no way to hold back the river.
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
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.
Paulo Coelho, Alchemist
The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.
Paulo Coelho, Alchemist
The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
There is only one way to learn. It's through action. Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey.
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
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.
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
To realize one's destiny is a person's only obligation.
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
We are travelers on a cosmic journey,stardust,swirling and dancing in the eddies and whirlpools of infinity. Life is eternal. We have stopped for a moment to encounter each other, to meet, to love, to share.This is a precious moment. It is a little parenthesis in eternity.
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too.
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
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.
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
You must always know what it is that you want.
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it's better to listen to what it has to say.
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist