More quotes by Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"When you want something, he entire universe conspires to help you achieve it."