The Alchemist Quotes

I'm an adventurer, looking for treasure

~ Paulo Coelho

Life doesn´t come with any guarantees. You have to risk it to get the biscuit. - The Alchemist, Paulo Cohelo -

~ Paulo Coelho

The problem is that they don't even realize that they're walking a new road every day. They don't see that the fields are new and the seasons change. All they think about is food and water

~ Paulo Coelho

There is only that moment, and the incredible certainty that everything under the sun has been written by one hand only. It is the hand that evokes love, and creates a twin soul for every person in the world. Without such love, one's dreams would have no meaning.

~ Paulo Coelho

If someone isn't what others want them to be, the others become angry.

~ Paulo Coelho

But he was able to understand one thing: making a decision was only the beginning of things. When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that wil carry him into places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision. - The Alchemist, Paulo Cohelo -

~ Paulo Coelho

… That at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what´s happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That´s the world´s greatest lie. - The Alchemist, Paulo Cohelo -

~ Paulo Coelho

Because, wherever your heart is, that is where you´ll find your treasure

~ Paulo Coelho

If someone isn't what others want them to be, the other become angry.

~ Paulo Coelho

If I could, I'd write a huge encyclopedia just about the words luck and coincidence

~ Paulo Coelho

I must have no fear of failure. It was my fear of failure that first kept me from attempting the Master Work.

~ Paulo Coelho

Well, then, why should I listen to my heart?Because you will never again be able to keep it quiet.

~ Paulo Coelho

When he was a child, that man wanted to travel, too. But he decided first to buy his bakery and put some money aside. When he's an old man, he's going to spend a month in Africa. He never realized that people are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.

~ Paulo Coelho

Learn to recognize omens, and follow them

~ Paulo Coelho