Quotes on Alchemist Book

What's the world's greatest lie?... It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate.

Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.

It is said that the darkest hour of the night comes just before the dawn.

Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life.

Every search begins with beginner's luck. And every search ends with the victor's being severely tested." The boy remembered an old proverb from his country. It said that the darkest hour of the night came just before the dawn.

The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better." -- The Alchemist

Most people see the world as a threatening place, and, because they do, the world turns out, indeed, to be a threatening place.

Anyone who interferes with the destiny of another thing never will discover his own.

Listen to your heart. It knows all things, because it came from the Soul of the World and it will one day return there.

Because I don't live in either my past or my future.I'm interested only in the present".

It is said that all people who are happy have God within them.

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.