The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

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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.”

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

“Dreams are the language of God.”

“Why do we have to listen to our hearts?" the boy asked.


"Because, wherever your heart is, that is where you will find your treasure.”

“Not everyone can see his dreams come true in the same way.”

“If I can learn to understand this language without words, I can learn to understand the world.”
we are told from childhood onward that everything we want to do is impossible.
“Anyone who interferes with the destiny of another thing never will discover his own.”

“Nobody is worth your tears, and the one who is won't make you cry”

“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.”

“God has a prepared path for us to follow. We just have to read the omens he has left for us.”

“When you possess great treasures within you and try to tell others of them, seldom are you believed.”

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

“Because true love never keeps a man from pursuing his destiny”

“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.”

“When something evolves, everything around that thing evolves as well.”


love. We know what we
want to do, but are afraid of “Don't think about what you've left behind.”
hurting those around us by
abandoning everything in “sometimes it's better to leave things as they are.”
order to pursue our dream.
“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 the world. Without such love, one's dreams would have no meaning.”

“Sometimes there's just no way to hold back the river.”

“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.”

“The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better."
The 4 Obstacles “Don't give in to your fears. If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart.”

“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 toward that dream. That’s the point at which
most people give up. It’s the point at which, as we say in the language of the desert, one 'dies of
thirst just when the palm trees have appeared on the horizon.”

“Learn to recognize omens, and follow them”

The Alchemist By Paulo Coelho “When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”
fear of the defeats we will meet on the path.
“He hadn't a cent in his pocket, but he had faith !”

“When each day is the same as the rest it's because people fail to recognize the good things that
happen in their lives everyday the sunrises,”

“If you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better.”

“Give yourself freedom to try out new things Don't be so set in your ways that you can't grow.”

“Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than suffering itself.”

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

“The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”

“People are afraid to pursue their most important dreams, because they feel that they don't deserve them, or that they'll be unable to achieve them.”

That's what alchemists do. They show that, when we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too.”

“The boy and his heart had become friends, and neither was capable now of betraying the other.”

“The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.”

“The closer one gets to realizing his destiny, the more that destiny becomes his true reason for being”
the fear of realizing the dream for which we fought all our lives.
“We have to be prepared for change.”

“no project is completed until its objective has been achieved.”

“But if you believe yourself worthy of the thing you fought so hard to get, then you become an
instrument of God, you help the Soul of the World, and you understand why you are here.”

“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.”

Live a single persona your entire life

Approach life with grace and finesse, you don't have anything to prove to anyone when you know
you are on purpose and the right people will be attracted to you.

Follow your heart so much that everyday is an adventure and that you have so many that you can
remember and you will be more present to the now, not living in your past.

You always know what you have to do, you don't need anyone to tell you what to do.
Insights
A purposeful life is something that you experience without words and often times can't be
theorized

Your self-esteem goes up by the more actions you take on your purpose

Don't talk about it, unless it is necessary, be about it and take action

You have everything you need right now, mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually to follow
and live your purpose

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