145 quotes found
“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.”
“When each day is the same as the next, its because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day that the sun rises.”
“Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.”
“If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting it.”
“Maktub" (It is written.)”
“But when he thought to complain about the burden of its weight, he remembered that, because he had the jacket, he had withstood the cold of the dawn.We have to be prepared for change, he thought, a...”
“Before a dream is realized, the Soul of the World tests everything that was learned along the way. It does this not because it is evil, but so that we can, in addition to realizing our dreams, mast...”
“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.”
“I'm an adventurer, looking for treasure”
“Dreams are the language of God.”
“People need not fear the unknown if they are capable of achieving what they need and want.”
“There is only that moment, and the incredible certainty that everything under the sun has been written by one hand only. It is the hand that evokes love, and creates a twin soul for every person in...”
“Because, wherever your heart is, that is where youll find your treasure”
“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.”
“Once someone asked me, "What do you want to be your epitaph?" So I said, "Paulo Coelho died when he was alive.”
“to die tomorrow was no worse than dying on any other day. Every day was there to be lived or to mark ones departure from this 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.”
“My heart is a traitor, the boy said to the alchemist, when they had paused to rest the horses. It doesnt want me to go on. That makes sense, the alchemist answered. Naturally its afraid that, in pu...”
“War is not an art, boy. Send a hundred men over a hill and know that they wont make it. Hold a drummer boy, cut open from groin to neck, guts spilling out as he cries for his mother, telling him it...”
“The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”
