More quotes by Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

"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."
"My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer."
"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."
"If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting it."