Inspirational quotes from the Alchemist
“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”
“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.”
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.”
“Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.”
“Maktub" (It is written.)”
“If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting it.”
“Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.”
“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.”
“And, when you can't go back, you have to worry only about the best way of moving forward.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey.”
“Everyone on earth has a treasure that awaits him.”
“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."
“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.”
“Your eyes show the strength of your soul.”
“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.”
“…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."
“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's not what enters men's mouth that is evil," said the alchemist. "It's what comes out of their mouths that is.”
“The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.”
Quotes from The Alchemist about Love
One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.
“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.”
Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.
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.
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.
Maktub. If I am really a part of your dream, you'll come back one day.
When he looked into her dark eyes, and saw that her lips were poised between a laugh and silence, he learned the most important part of the language that all the world spoke—the language that everyone on earth was capable of understanding in their heart. It was love.
“The dunes are changed by the wind, but the desert never changes. That's the way it will be with our love for each other.”
And 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.”
So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.
“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.”
“Because true love never keeps a man from pursuing his destiny”
“My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer.”
“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.”
“So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.”
“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.”
“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.”
“When you are in love, things make even more sense, he thought.”
“As he was about to climb yet another dune, his heart whispered, "Be aware of the place where you are brought to tears. That's where I am, and thats where your treasure is.”
“I came to set fire to the earth. And I am watchful that the fire grow.
May the fire of love grow in our hearts.
May the fire of transformation glow in our movements.
May the fire of purification burn away our sins.
May the fire of justice guide our steps.
May the fire of wisdom illuminate our paths.
May the fire that spreads over the Earth never be extinguished.”