The Alchemist - Some Nice Quotes

I read the Alchemist over the weekend. Felt the book was amazing.....

Got down with a pencil and marked a lot of nice lines and then, came over to the office and typed it out....

Here are some of the best ones, I collected:

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• It is the possiblity of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.
• Is is the simple things in life that are most extraordinary; only wise men are able to understand them.
• World's greatest lie: At a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us and our lives become controlled by fate.
• Whoever you are, or whatever you do, when you really want something, it is because that desire originated in the soul of the universe, its your mission on earth.
• Everything in life has a prize.
• But the sheep had taught him something even more important: that there was a language in the world that everyone understood, a language the boy had used throughout the time he was trying to improve things at the shop. It was the language of enthusiasm, of things accomplished with life and purpose, of a search for something believed in and desired.
• Yet the boy felt that there was another way to look at his situation: he was actually two hours closer to his treasure... the fact that the two hours had stretched into an entire year did not matter.- On his decision to seek his destiny, after working at the Crystal Vendor for a year.
• When someone makes a decision, he is diving into a strong current that will carry him places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision.
• The closer one gets to realizing his destiny, the more the destiny becomes his true reason for being, thought the boy...
• Because, 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. You'll see that there is life in the desert, that there are stars in the heavens and that tribesmen fight because they are part of human race. Life will be a party for you, a grand festivel, because life is the moment, we're living right now. Caravan camel driver to tbe boy
• The secret here is 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. Forget about the future and live each day according to the teachings, confident that God loves his children. Each day in itself brings an eternity. Seer to caraven camel driver
• God only rarely reveals the future. When he does so, it is for only one reason: it's a future that was written so as to be altered. seer to the caravan camel driver.
• When a person really desires something, all the Universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream.
• It's not what enters man's mouth that is evil, it's what comes out of thier mouth that is. Alchemist to the boy, while drinking wine.
• You must understand that love never keeps a man from persuing his destiny. If he abandons that persuit, it's because, it wasn't true love.. the love that speaks the Language of the World. Alchemist
• They were looking only for gold. They were seeking the treasure of their destiny, without wanting actually to live out the destiny. Alchemist, explaining why many people's attempts to convert lead to gold had been foiled.
• Even though I complain sometimes, it's because I'm the heart of a person, and people's hearts are that way. People are afraid to persue their most important dreams, because they feel that they don't deserve them, or that they'll be unable to achieve them. We, their hearts become fearful just thinking of loved ones, who go away forever, or of moments that could have been good, but weren't, or of treasures that might have been found but were forever hidden in sands. Because, when these things happen, we suffer terribly. Heart to the boy
• ..the fear of suffering is worse than suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity.Alchemist
• Every search begins with beginner's luck. And every search ends with the victor being severey tested. Alchemist
• When you possess treasures within you and try to tell others of them, seldom are you believed. Alchemist, when questioned by Boy about why he told the truth to the Arabs in the desert.He would have revealed that he has the philosopher's stone.
• Your eyes show the strenght of your soul.
• When you are loved you can do anything in creation. When you are loved, there's no need at all to understand what's happening, because everything happens within you, and even men can turn themselves into wind. The Boy