More quotes by Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

"If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting 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."
"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."
"The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon."
"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."