Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

"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."

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

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

"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."

"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 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."

"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."

"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."

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

"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."

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

"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."

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

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

"My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer."

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

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

"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."

"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."