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."
"One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving."
"Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own."
"When you want something, he entire universe conspires to help you achieve it."
"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."