The Alchemist is a novel written by Paulo Coelho that was originally published in 1988.
It tells the story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd kid on a journey for worldly riches.
The book has earned widespread appreciation and critical acclaim for its inspirational wisdom and compelling simplicity.
Let’s go through the list of most amazing quotes from The Alchemist novel.
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The Alchemist Quotes by Paulo Coelho
“Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“Dreams are the language of God.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“Maktub,” she said. “If I am really part of your dream, you’ll come back one day.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“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.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“You must always know what it is that you want.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“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.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
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Quotes from The Alchemist
“Don’t give in to your fears. If you do, you won’t be able to talk to your heart.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“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.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“To realize one’s destiny is a person’s only obligation.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“If you start by promising what you don’t even have yet, you’ll lose your desire to work towards getting it.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“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.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“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.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
Famous The Alchemist Quotes by Paulo Coelho
“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.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“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.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“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.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“To realise one’s destiny is a person’s only real obligation.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“And, when you can’t go back, you have to worry only about the best way of moving forward.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“Because I don’t live in either my past or my future. I’m interested only in the present”.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“God has a prepared path for us to follow. We just have to read the omens he has left for us.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
Powerful The Alchemist Quotes
“One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“Your eyes show the strength of your soul.” ― Paulo Coehlo, The Alchemist
“It is said that all people who are happy have God within them.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“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.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“Sometimes there’s just no way to hold back the river.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“Maktub” (It is written.)” ~ Paulo Coelho (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.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“Why do we have to listen to our hearts?” the boy asked.
“Because, wherever your heart is, that is where you will find your treasure.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
Top The Alchemist Quotes
“When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“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.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“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.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“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.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“The boy and his heart had become friends, and neither was capable now of betraying the other.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“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.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
Popular The Alchemist Quotes
“The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“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.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“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.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“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.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
Profound The Alchemist Quotes
“The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“Everyone on earth has a treasure that awaits him.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“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.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“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.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“Because true love never keeps a man from pursuing his destiny.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“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.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it’s better to listen to what it has to say.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“I’m an adventurer, looking for treasure.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“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.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
“There is only one way to learn. It’s through action. Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey.” ~ Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist).
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