80 Top Quotes From The Alchemist
A timeless tale of adventure and self-discovery, The Alchemist enchants readers with its simple yet profound narrative. The story follows Santiago, a young shepherd boy who embarks on a journey to find a hidden treasure, only to discover that the true riches lie within himself. Throughout his quest, Santiago encounters a series of extraordinary characters and experiences, each offering valuable life lessons about destiny, dreams, and the interconnectedness of all things.
With wisdom woven into the fabric of every page, Paulo Coelho's masterpiece inspires readers to listen to their hearts, pursue their dreams relentlessly, and embrace the uncertainty of the journey. The Alchemist resonates on a universal level, inviting readers to reflect on their own life's purpose, urging them to be open to signs from the universe, and reminding them that the pursuit of dreams is not merely about the destination but the transformative process of self-discovery and spiritual awakening. (The Alchemist Summary).
The Alchemist Quotes
"When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” (Meaning)
"It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”
"When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”
"One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.”
"There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”
"I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.”
"The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”
"The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.”
"Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.”
"Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.”
"Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity.”
"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.”
"Don't give in to your fears. If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart.”
"This is what we call love. When you are loved, you can do anything in creation. When you are loved, there's no need at all to understand what's happening, because everything happens within you.”
"People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.”
"We are travelers on a cosmic journey, stardust, swirling and dancing in the eddies and whirlpools of infinity. Life is eternal. We have stopped for a moment to encounter each other, to meet, to love, to share. This is a precious moment. It is a little parenthesis in eternity.”
"Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.”
"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.”
"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.”
"Your eyes show the strength of your soul.”
"When each day is the same as the next, it’s because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day that the sun rises.”
"You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it's better to listen to what it has to say.”
"Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.”
"When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too.”
"If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting it.”
"Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life.”
"Don't think about what you've left behind, The alchemist said to the boy as they began to ride across the sands of the desert. "If what one finds is made of pure matter, it will never spoil. And one can always come back. If what you had found was only a moment of light, like the explosion of a star, you would find nothing on your return.”
"And, when you can't go back, you have to worry only about the best way of moving forward.”
"To realize one's destiny is a person's only obligation.”
"There is only one way to learn. It's through action. Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey.”
"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.”
"Making a decision was only the beginning of things. When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision.”
"It is said that all people who are happy have God within them.”
"It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.”
"You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it's better to listen to what it has to say. That way, you'll never have to fear an unanticipated blow.”
"People are afraid to pursue their most important dreams, because they feel that they don't deserve them, or that they'll be unable to achieve them.”
"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.”
"God only rarely reveals the future. When he does so, it is for one reason: it's a future that was written so as to be altered.”
"Before a dream is realized, the Soul of the World tests everything that was learned along the way. It does this not because it is evil, but so that we can, in addition to realizing our dreams, master the lessons we’ve learned as we’ve moved toward that dream. That’s the point at which most people give up. It’s the point at which, as we say in the language of the desert, one 'dies of thirst just when the palm trees have appeared on the horizon.”
"Everyone on earth has a treasure that awaits him.”
"Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey.”
"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”
"Because true love never keeps a man from pursuing his destiny”
"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.”
"My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer.”
"The lake was silent for some time. Finally, it said: "I weep for Narcissus, but I never noticed that Narcissus was beautiful. I weep because, each time he knelt beside my banks, I could see, in the depths of his eyes, my own beauty reflected.”
"Sometimes there's just no way to hold back the river.”
"It's not what enters men's mouth that is evil,"" said the alchemist. ""It's what comes out of their mouths that is.”
"When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream.”
"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.”
"Whoever you are, or whatever it is that you do, when you really want something, it's because that desire originated in the soul of the universe. It's your mission on earth.”
"Because I don't live in either my past or my future.I'm interested only in the present"".”
"When you possess great treasures within you and try to tell others of them, seldom are you believed.”
"When two such people encounter each other, and their eyes meet, the past and the future become unimportant. 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.”
"Most people see the world as a threatening place, and, because they do, the world turns out, indeed, to be a threatening place.”
"The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.”
"If good things are coming, they will be a pleasant surprise,"" said the seer. ""If bad things are, and you know in advance, you will suffer greatly before they even occur.”
"You must always know what it is that you want.”
"There was a language in the world that everyone understood, a language the boy had used throughout the time that he was trying to improve things at the shop. It was the language of enthusiasm, of things accomplished with love and purpose, and as part of a search for something believed in and desired.”
"The past and the future become unimportant. 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.”
"I'm going away,"" he said. ""And I want you to know that I'm coming back. I love you because....""""Don't say anything,"" Fatima interrupted. ""One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.”
"I'm like everyone else—I see the world in terms of what I would like to see happen, not what actually does.”
"It's what you have always wanted to accomplish. Everyone, when they are young, knows what their destiny is. At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible. They are not afraid to dream, and to yearn for everything they would like to see happen to them in their lives. But, as time passes, a mysterious force begins to convince them that it will be impossible for them to realize their destiny... It's a force that appears to be negative, but actually shows you how to realize your destiny. It prepares your spirit and you will, because there is one great truth on this planet: whoever you are, or whatever it is that you do, when you really want something, it's because that desire originated in the soul of the universe. It's your mission on earth.”
"Dreams are the language of God.”
"The boy and his heart had become friends, and neither was capable now of betraying the other.”
"God has a prepared path for us to follow. We just have to read the omens he has left for us.”
"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.”
"People need not fear the unknown if they are capable of achieving what they need and want.”
"Never stop dreaming.”
"Everything in life has its price.”
"Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure. You've got to find the treasure, so that everything you have learned along the way can make sense.”
"The world we live in will be either better or worse, depending on whether we become better or worse. And that's where the power of love comes in. Because when we love, we always strive to become better than we are.”
"When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”
"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.”
"Learn to recognize omens, and follow them”
"I'm afraid that if my dream is realized, I'll have no reason to go on living.”
"Whenever he saw the sea, or a fire, he fell silent, impressed by their elemental force.”
"Why don’t people’s hearts tell them to continue following their dreams?” the boy asked the alchemist.“Because that’s what makes a heart suffer most, and hearts don’t like to suffer.""From then on, the boy understood his heart. He asked it, please, never to stop speaking to him. He asked that, when he wandered far from his dreams, his heart press him and sound the alarm. The boy swore that, every time he heard the alarm, he would heed its message.”
"I learned that the world has a soul, and that whoever understands that soul can also understand the language of things.”
"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, wherever your heart is, that is where you´ll find your treasure”
"The boy reached through to the Soul of the World, and saw that it was part of the Soul of God. And he saw that the Soul of God was his own soul. And that he, a boy, could perform miracles.”
"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.”
"You must understand that love never keeps a man from pursuing his Personal Legend. If he abandons that pursuit, it's because it wasn't a true love.. the love that speaks the language of the world.”
"No heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity.”
"Every second of the search is an encounter with God. When I have been truly searching for my treasure, every day has been luminous. I've discovered things along the way that I never would have seen had I not had the courage to try things that seemed impossible for a shepherd to achieve.”
"When you are in love, things make even more sense"
"Believe that if Allah wants you to know something, someone will tell you.”
"All things are manifestations of one thing only.”
― Quotes from the book The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho de Souza
The Alchemist Author
Paulo Coelho de Souza, a Brazilian novelist and lyricist, stands as a literary luminary known for his enchanting storytelling and philosophical reflections. Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1947, Coelho initially pursued a career as a songwriter before dedicating himself to writing novels. His most celebrated work, "The Alchemist," published in 1988, has left an indelible mark on readers worldwide. Through the captivating journey of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy, Coelho weaves a profound tale of self-discovery, destiny, and the pursuit of dreams. His writing, deeply rooted in mysticism and spirituality, often imparts timeless wisdom and inspiration, encouraging readers to listen to their hearts and follow their aspirations fearlessly. Coelho's unique ability to blend profound insights with captivating narratives has earned him a devoted global following. With an unwavering focus on the human experience, Coelho's works continue to ignite a sense of wonder and introspection, urging readers to embrace life's uncertainties and find meaning amidst the journey.
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Tal Gur is an author, founder, and impact-driven entrepreneur at heart. After trading his daily grind for a life of his own daring design, he spent a decade pursuing 100 major life goals around the globe. His journey and most recent book, The Art of Fully Living, has led him to found Elevate Society.
