The Alchemist

“When you want something, he entire universe conspires to help you achieve it.”

“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.”

“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 pe...”

“You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it's better to listen to what it has to say.”

“Get bust living or get busy dying.”

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

“.. and that happiness could be found in a grain of sand from the desert, as the alchemist had said. Because a grain of sand is a moment of creation, and the universe has taken millions of ye...”

“there is one great truth on this planet: 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...”

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

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

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

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

“I'm an adventurer, looking for treasure”

“I am talking to you, but the moment I am talking to you, the universe is being created and destroyed.”

“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 not because it is evil, but so that we can, in...”

“When someone sees the same people every day, as had happened with him at the seminary, they wind up becoming a part of that person's life. And then they want the person to change. If someone...”

“He felt the urge to go into the desert, to see if it’s silence held the answers to his questions.”

“Because, wherever your heart is, that is where you´ll find your treasure”

“to die tomorrow was no worse than dying on any other day. Every day was there to be lived or to mark one’s departure from this world.”

“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 dream...”

“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.”

“I don’t live in either my past or my future. I’m interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you’ll be a happy man. Life will be a party for you, a grand fe...”