"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."
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Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
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Quotes by Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
"The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times."
"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."
"Maktub"(It is written.)"
"So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you."
"Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure."
"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."
"People need not fear the unknown if they are capable of achieving what they need and want."
"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."
"Life doesn´t come with any guarantees. You have to risk it to get the biscuit."- The Alchemist, Paulo Cohelo -"
"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."
"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."
"The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon."
"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."
"And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."
"Because I don't live in either my past or my future.I'm interested only in the present"."
"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."
"If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting it."
"One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving."