More quotes by Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

"You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it's better to listen to what it has to say."
"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."
"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."
"The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them."
"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."