More quotes by Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

"I'm an adventurer, looking for treasure"
"But if you believe yourself worthy of the thing you fought so hard to get, then you become an instrument of God, you help the Soul of the World, and you understand why you are here."
"Every blessing ignored becomes a curse."
"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."
"If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting it."