Alchemist Book Quotes

• The Soul of the World is nourished by people's happiness. And also by unhappiness, envy, and jealousy. To realize one's Personal Legend is a person's only real obligation. All things are one.

  Paulo Coelho

  Real, People, Envy

  Paulo Coelho (2009). “The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.22, Harper Collins

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

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Time, Powerful

  "The Alchemist". Book by Paulo Coelho, p. 184, 1998.

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• 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

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  "The Alchemist". Book by Paulo Coelho, 1988.

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

  Paulo Coelho

  Inspirational, Destiny, Alchemist

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

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

  Paulo Coelho

  Alchemist, Luck, Beginners

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Apr 15, 2014

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• Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life.

  Paulo Coelho

  Powerful, Soul, Alchemist

  "The Alchemist". Book by Paulo Coelho, 1988.

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• 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

  God, Dream, Heart

  "The Alchemist". Book by Paulo Coelho, 1988.

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

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Motivational, Business

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

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• People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of. It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting. And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

  Paulo Coelho

  Dream, Want Something, Interesting

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

  Paulo Coelho

  Alchemist, Attention, Personal Legend

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

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• 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

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  Paulo Coelho (2009). “The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.18, Harper Collins

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

  Paulo Coelho

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Jul 10, 2014

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• 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

  Motivational, Heart, Want Something

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

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

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Happiness, Inspiring

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

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

  Paulo Coelho

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Apr 08, 2014

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• 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

  Love, Inspirational, Change

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Oct 14, 2016

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• 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

  Heart, Psychics, Soul

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• There is only one way to learn. It's through action. Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Motivational, Happiness

  "The Alchemist". Book by Paulo Coelho, 1993.

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

  Paulo Coelho

  Destiny, Alchemist, Interfere

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

  Paulo Coelho

  People, Alchemist, Said

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

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• God has prepared a path for everyone to follow.

  Paulo Coelho

  Alchemist, Path, Omen

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

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• 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

  Responsibility, Oil, Alchemist

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Apr 05, 2014

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

  Paulo Coelho

  Powerful, Moving, Worry

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

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• 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

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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

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

  Paulo Coelho

  Moving

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