“You will be loved and respected only if you love and respect yourself.”
Source: Manuscript Found in Accra
“You will be loved and respected only if you love and respect yourself.”
Source: Manuscript Found in Accra
“A warrior cannot lower his head - otherwise he loses sight of the horizon of his dreams.”
Source: Warrior of the Light
Source: The Devil and Miss Prym
The alchemist uses this expression at p. 23, but it is one that does not originate with Coelho, though his work has popularized it.
Source: The Alchemist (1988)
Source: Aleph (2011)
Context: It’s always easy to blame others. You can spend your entire life blaming the world, but your successes or failures are entirely your own responsibility. You can try to stop time, but it’s a complete waste of energy.
“People no longer try to decipher the mystery of life but choose instead to be a part of it.”
Source: The Witch Of Portobello
“You only need to hide if you’re doing something you shouldn’t.”
Source: Adultery
“If we are alone, we become more alone. Life is strange”
Source: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
“If I could, I'd write a huge encyclopedia just about the words luck and coincidence”
Source: The Alchemist
Source: Manuscript Found in Accra (2012), Solitude
“In life's most significant moments we are always alone.”
Source: Manuscript Found in Accra
Source: The Winner Stands Alone
Aleph (2011)