Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

"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 isn't what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own."

"One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving."

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

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

"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."

"It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting."

"The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon."

"Isn't wine prohibited here?"the boy asked. "It's not what enters men's mouths that's evil,"said the alchemist. "It's what comes out of their mouths that is."

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

"I'm an adventurer, looking for treasure"

"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 your mission on earth."

"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."

"So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you."

"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."

"Tell your heart that 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."

"Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey."

"Every blessing ignored becomes a curse."

"Once someone asked me, "What do you want to be your epitaph?"So I said, "Paulo Coelho died when he was alive."

"Life doesn´t come with any guarantees. You have to risk it to get the biscuit."- The Alchemist, Paulo Cohelo -"

"To realize one's destiny is a person's only real obligation and when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."