Quotes from book
The Alchemist
The Alchemist is a novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that was first published in 1988. Originally written in Portuguese, it became a widely translated international bestseller. An allegorical novel, The Alchemist follows a young Andalusian shepherd in his journey to the pyramids of Egypt, after having a recurring dream of finding a treasure there.
“When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”
E quando você quer alguma coisa, todo o Universo conspira para que você realize seu desejo.
Variant: And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
Source: The Alchemist (1988), p. 22; a variant of this has become attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen" — but no occurrence of this a statement has been located prior to in The Gift of Depression : Twenty-one Inspirational Stories Sharing Experience, Strength, and Hope (2001) by John F. Brown, p. 56
Source: The Alchemist
Introduction, p. xi.
The Alchemist (1988)
“When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too.”
Source: The Alchemist
Variant: When each day is the same as the nest it's because people fail to reconize the good things that happen in thier lives everyday the sunrises
Source: The Alchemist
“One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.”
Source: The Alchemist (1988), p. 128
“Wherever your heart is, that is where you'll find your treasure.”
Compare to the Bible, Luke 12:34 (For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.)(NIV translation).
Variant: Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.
Source: The Alchemist (1988), p. 128
“Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life.”
Source: The Alchemist
“Your money saved us for three days. It's not often that money saves a person's life.”
Source: The Alchemist (1988), p. 167
Source: The Alchemist (1988), p. 130
“Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself.”
Source: The Alchemist (1988), p. 130 <!-- also p. 156 -->
Context: 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.
