Quotes on Alchemist

God created the visible world so that, through its visible objects, men could understand his spiritual teachings and the marvels of his wisdom

No matter how many detours and adjustments it made, the caravan moved toward the same compass point. Once obstacles were overcome, it returned to its course, sighting on a star that indicated the location of the oasis.

His way isn't the same as mine, nor mine as his. But we're both in search of our destinies, and I respect him for that.

Today the artist has inherited the combined functions of hermit, pilgrim, prophet, priest, shaman, sorcerer, soothsayer, alchemist.

Why don't people's hearts tell them to continue to follow their dreams? [...] Because that's what makes a heart suffer most, and hearts don't like to suffer.

Usually the threat of death makes people a lot more aware of their lives.

We, their hearts, become fearful just thinking of loved ones who go away forever, or of moments that could have been good but weren't, or of moments that could have been found but were forever hidden in the sands.

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.

This is for you,' he (the Alchemist) said, holding one of the parts (of gold) out to the monk. 'It's for your generosity to the pilgrims.' 'But this payment goes well beyond my generosity,' the monk responded. 'Don't say that again. Life might be listening, and give you less the next time.

When you are in love, things make even more sense, he thought.

In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard.

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

I have inside me the winds, the deserts, the oceans, the stars, and everything created in the universe. We were all made by the same hand, and we have the same soul.

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

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.

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.

The world has a soul and whoever understands that soul can also understand the language of many things.

Don't forget that everything you deal with is only one thing and nothing else.