About Author: Paulo Coelho
His Full name is Paulo Coelho de Souza who is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist, best known for his novel “The Alchemist“.
Birthdate & Place: | Rio de Geneiro, Brazil|24 August 1947 |
Occupation: | Lyricist, writer |
Spouse: | Christina Oiticica |
Language: | Portuguese |
Popular Novel: | The Alchemist |
Other Notable Works: | The Pilgrimage, Hippie, The Valkyries and Aleph, Maktub, etc |
The Alchemist Summary
The Alchemist Quotes
#1.
One is loved because one is loved, No reason needed for loving
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#2.
When we live we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.
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#3.
Making a decision was only the beginning of things. When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision.
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#4.
There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.
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#5.
So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.
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#6.
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, master the lessons we’ve learned as we’ve moved forward that dream. That’s the point at which most people give up.
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#7.
They understood that when something evolves, everything around that thing evolves as well.
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#8.
The boy reached through to the soul of the world, and saw that it was a part of the soul of God was his own soul. And that he, a boy, could perform miracles.
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#9.
The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.
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#10.
The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them
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#11.
Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.
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#12.
Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.
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#13.
You’ll spend the rest of your days knowing that you didn’t pursue your personal legend. And that now it’s too late. You must understand that love never keeps a man from pursuing his personal legend. If he abandons that pursuit it’s because it wasn’t true love. Love that speaks the language of the world.
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#14.
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.
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#15.
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.
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#16.
And when two such people encounter each other, and their eyes met, the past and the future become unimportant.
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#17.
Don’t give in to your fears. If you do, you won’t be able to talk to your heart.
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#18.
None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, yet still, we go forward. Because we trust. Because we have Faith.
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#19.
People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.
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#20.
And when you want anything, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
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#21.
It’s the possibility of having dreams come true that makes life interesting.
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#22.
To realize ones personal legend is a person’s only real obligation. All things are one. And when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
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#23.
Don’t think about what you’ve left behind. Everything is written in the soul of the world, and there it will stay forever.
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#24.
There is the only way to learn. It’s through action. Everything you need to know, you have learned through your journey.
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#25.
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.
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#26.
Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.
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#27.
Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.
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#28.
Everyone on Earth has a treasure that awaits him.
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#29.
And, When you can’t go back, you have to worry only about the best way of moving forward.
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#30.
Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the Universal current of Life
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#31.
The Secret of happiness is to see all the Marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.
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#32.
When you are in Love, Things make even more sense, he thought.
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#33.
Nobody is worth your tears, and the one who is won’t make you cry.
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#34.
The Book is a Film that takes place in the mind of the reader.
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#35.
Maybe these Desert birds could explain to him the meaning of love without ownership.
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#36.
Most people see the world as a threatening place, and because they do, the world turns out, indeed, to be a threatening place.
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#37.
So we contemplate each other, and we want each other, and I give it life and warmth, and it gives me my reason for living.
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#38.
I learned that the world has a soul and that whoever understands that soul can also understand the Language of things.
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#39.
I must have no fear of failure. It was my fear of failure that first kept me from attempting the masterwork.
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#40.
People learn, early in their lives, What is their reason for being. Maybe that’s why they give up on it so early too
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#41.
Creatures like the Sheep, that are used to traveling, know about moving on.
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#42.
Usually the threat of death makes people a lot more aware of their lives.
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#43.
Anyone who interferes with the destiny of another thing never will discover his own.
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#44.
A sheperd may like to travel, But he should never forget his Sheep.
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#44.
You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it’s better to listen to what it has to say.
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#45.
All things are manifestations of one thing only.
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#46.
Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than suffering itself
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#47.
It’s true, Life really is generous to those who pursue their destiny.
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#48.
He never realized that people are capable, at any time in their life, of doing what they dreamed of.
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#49.
It is bound to come a moment when what seems close is still very far away.
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#50.
People become fascinated about pictures and words, and wind up forgetting the language of the world.
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#51.
It is said that all people who are happy have God within them.
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#52.
The Boy and his heart had become friends and neither was capable now of betraying the other.
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#53.
There must be a language that doesn’t depend on words.
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#54.
I don’t want to change anything, because i don’t know how to deal with change.
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#55.
The closer one gets to realizing his destiny, the more that destiny becomes his true reason for being.
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#56.
The boy knew that in money there was magic; whoever has money is never really alone.
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#57.
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.
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#58.
When you possess great treasures within you and try to tell others of them, seldom are you believed.
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