Alchemist Book Quotes:

He had to choose between something he had become accustomed to and something he wanted to have.

- Paulo Coelho

source: Paulo Coelho (1998). “The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition”, HarperSanFrancisco

topic: Alchemist, Wanted, Alchemist Book

There must be a language that doesn't depend on words.

- Paulo Coelho

source: Paulo Coelho (1998). “The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition”, HarperSanFrancisco

topic: Language, Alchemist Book, Depends

I have been told that beauty is the great seducer of men.

- Paulo Coelho

source: Paulo Coelho (1998). “The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition”, HarperSanFrancisco

topic: Men, Alchemist Book, Has Beens

The soul of the world is nourished by people's Happiness.

- Paulo Coelho

topic: People, Soul, World, Jealousy And Envy, Jealousy Envy

Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.

- Paulo Coelho

topic: Life, Time, Powerful, Third Time, Alchemist Book

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

topic: Inspirational, Life, Happiness, Personal Legend, Alchemist Book

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

- Paulo Coelho

source: Paulo Coelho (1998). “The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition”, HarperSanFrancisco

topic: Inspirational, Destiny, Alchemist, Alchemist Book

Every search begins with beginner’s luck. And every search ends with the victor’s being severely tested.

- Paulo Coelho

source: FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Apr 15, 2014

topic: Alchemist, Luck, Beginners, Old Proverb, Victor's

The boy was beginning to understand that intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life, where the histories of all people are connected, and we are able to know everything, because it's all written there.

- Paulo Coelho

topic: Life, Boys, People, Immersion, Personal Legend

My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer, the boy told the alchemist one night as they looked up at the moonless sky. Tell your heart that the fear of suffering s 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

topic: God, Dream, Heart, Live Your Dreams, Have No Fear

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

- Paulo Coelho

source: Paulo Coelho (1998). “The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition”, HarperSanFrancisco

topic: Life, Motivational, Business, Alchemist Book

People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.

- Paulo Coelho

topic: Life, Happiness, Success, Conspiring, Alchemist Book

If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it

- Paulo Coelho

topic: Pay, Attention, Pay Attention, Personal Legend, Alchemist Book

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.

- Paulo Coelho

topic: Inspirational, Life, Happiness, Life Fate, Alchemy

Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.

- Paulo Coelho

topic: Inspirational, Life, Happiness, People In Our Lives, Don't Judge Me

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.

- Paulo Coelho

topic: Motivational, Heart, Soul, Alchemist Book

Don't give in to your fears. If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart.

- Paulo Coelho

topic: Life, Happiness, Inspiring, Alchemist Book

There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.

- Paulo Coelho

source: FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Apr 08, 2014

topic: Inspirational, Life, Positive, Impossible Dream, Inspirational Achievement

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

topic: Love, Inspirational, Change, Inspiring Love, Witch Of Portobello

Listen to your heart. It knows all things, because it came from the Soul of the World and it will one day return there.

- Paulo Coelho

topic: Heart, Psychics, Soul, Alchemist Book, Alchemist Love

There is only one way to learn. It's through action.

- Paulo Coelho

topic: Life, Learning, Way, Alchemist Book, Alchemist Love

Anyone who interferes with the destiny of another thing never will discover his own.

- Paulo Coelho

topic: Destiny, Alchemist, Interfere, Alchemist Book

It is said that all people who are happy have God within them.

- Paulo Coelho

topic: People, Said, Alchemist Book

God has prepared a path for everyone to follow.

- Paulo Coelho

source: Paulo Coelho (1998). “The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition”, HarperSanFrancisco

topic: Alchemist, Path, Omen, Alchemist Book

The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.

- Paulo Coelho

topic: Responsibility, Oil, Secret, Personal Legend, Alchemist Book

And, when you can't go back, you have to worry only about the best way of moving forward.

- Paulo Coelho

source: Paulo Coelho (1998). “The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition”, HarperSanFrancisco

topic: Powerful, Moving, Worry, Alchemist Book

People learn, early in their lives, what is their reason for being. Maybe that's why they give up on it so early, too.

- Paulo Coelho

source: Paulo Coelho (1998). “The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition”, HarperSanFrancisco

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Alchemist Book

Eat when it's time to eat. And move along when it's time to move along.

- Paulo Coelho

topic: Moving, Alchemist Book

Sometimes there's just no way to hold back the river.

- Paulo Coelho

source: Paulo Coelho (1998). “The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition”, HarperSanFrancisco

topic: Rivers, Way, Sometimes, Alchemist Book

You must always know what it is that you want.

- Paulo Coelho

topic: Want, Oleanders, Personal Legend, Alchemist Book

Eat when it is time to eat. And walk when it is time to walk.

- Paulo Coelho

topic: Life, Inspiration, Walks, Alchemist Book

Maybe God created the desert so that man could appreciate the date trees

- Paulo Coelho

source: Paulo Coelho (1998). “The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition”, HarperSanFrancisco

topic: Life, Men, Appreciate, Alchemist Book

Your eyes show the strength of your soul.

- Paulo Coelho

topic: Inspiring, Eye, Soul, Alchemist Book, Alchemist Love

Everything on earth is being continuously transformed, because the earth is alive . and it has a soul. We are part of that soul, so we rarely recognize that it is working for us.

- Paulo Coelho

source: Paulo Coelho (1998). “The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition”, HarperSanFrancisco

topic: Life, Happiness, Soul, Alchemist Book

It's true; life really is generous to those who pursue their destiny

- Paulo Coelho

topic: Life, Destiny, Pursue, Alchemist Book

The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

- Paulo Coelho

topic: Life, Happiness, Break Up, Secret Life, Alchemist Book

The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better." -- The Alchemist

- Paulo Coelho

topic: Life, Happiness, Secret, Personal Legend, Alchemist Book

The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.

- Paulo Coelho

topic: Life, Wise, Wisdom, Simple Things, Witch Of Portobello

Treasure is uncovered by the force of flowing water, and it is buried by the same currents.

- Paulo Coelho

source: Paulo Coelho (1998). “The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition”, HarperSanFrancisco

topic: Water, Alchemist, Treasure, Flowing Water, Alchemist Book

People say strange things, the boy thought. Sometimes it's better to be with the sheep, who don't say anything. And better still to be alone with one's books. They tell their incredible stories at the time when you want to hear them. But when you're talking to people, they say some things that are so strange that you don't know how to continue the conversation.

- Paulo Coelho

source: Paulo Coelho (2009). “The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.20, Harper Collins

topic: Book, Boys, Sheep, Alchemist Book

It is said that the darkest hour of the night comes just before the dawn.

- Thomas Fuller

topic: Hard Times, Night, Dawn, Alchemist Book, Darkest Hour

If you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better.

- Paulo Coelho

topic: Personal Legend, Alchemist Book

Because true love never keeps a man from pursuing his destiny

- Paulo Coelho

topic: Destiny, Men, Alchemist, Alchemist Book

Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.

- Paulo Coelho

topic: Love, Life, Happiness, Inspiring Career, Alchemist Book

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.

- Paulo Coelho

topic: Dream, Powerful, People, Alchemist Book

The boy didn't know what a Personal Legend was. 'It's what you have always wanted to accomplish. Everyone, when they are young, knows what their Personal Legend is. At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible. They are not afraid to dream, and to yearn for everything they would like to see happen to them in their lives. But, as time passes, a mysterious force begins to convince them that it will be impossible for them to realize their Personal Legend.

- Paulo Coelho

topic: Dream, Boys, Legends, Personal Legend, Alchemist Book

Because I don't live in either my past or my future.I'm interested only in the present".

- Paulo Coelho

source: Paulo Coelho (1998). “The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition”, HarperSanFrancisco

topic: Powerful, Past, Alchemist, Alchemist Book