Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

"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."

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

"But when he thought to complain about the burden of its weight, he remembered that, because he had the jacket, he had withstood the cold of the dawn.We have to be prepared for change, he thought, and he was grateful for the jacket's weight and warmth.The jacket had a purpose, and so did the boy."

"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."

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

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

"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."

"This is what we call love. 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."

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

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

"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."

"It's true; life really is generous to those who pursue their Personal Legend."

"Because I don't live in either my past or my future.I'm interested only in the present"."

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

"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."

"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'm an adventurer, looking for treasure"

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

"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."

"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 festival, because life is the moment we’re living now."