121 quotes found
“To realize one's destiny is a person's only obligation”
“I had a dream, and I met with a king. I sold crystal and crossed the desert. And, because the tribes declared war, I went to the well, seeking the alchemist. So, I love you because the entire unive...”
“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.”
“But he was able to understand one thing: making a decision was only the beginning of things. When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that wil carry him into places ...”
“ "That at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of whats happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. Thats the worlds greatest lie." - The Alchemist, Paulo Cohelo -”
“Maybe God created the desert so that man could appreciate the date trees”
“But this payment goes well beyond my generosity," the monk responded."Dont say that again. Life might be listening, and give you less the next time.”
“Everyone on earth has a treasure that awaits him. We, people's hearts, seldom say much about those treasures, because people no longer want to go in search of them. We speak of them only to childre...”
“What you still need to know is this: 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 a...”
“Never stop dreaming, the old king had said."Follow the omens.”
“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.”
“I am talking to you, but the moment I am talking to you, the universe is being created and destroyed.”
“When you are loved, you can do anything in creation.”
“But the sheep had taught him something even more important: that there was a universal language in the world that everyone understood, a language the boy had used throughout the time that he was tr...”
“The boy could see in his father's gaze a desire to be able, himself, to travel the worlda desire that was still alive, despite his father's having had to bury it, over dozens of years, under the bu...”
“He knew that any given thing on the face of the earth could reveal the history of all things. One could open a book to any page, or look at a person's hand; one could turn a card, or watch the flig...”
“And then they want the person to change. 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 ...”
“That was what made traveling appeal to him - he always made new friends, and he didn't need to spend all of his time with them. When someone sees the same people every day, as had happened with him...”
“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.”
