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Everyone, when they are young, knows what their destiny is.
Sep 17, 2025
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.
The soul of the world is nourished by people's Happiness.
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.
Because true love never keeps a man from pursuing his destiny
If you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better.
It is said that the darkest hour of the night comes just before the dawn.
I have been told that beauty is the great seducer of men.
People say strange things, the boy thought. Sometimes it's better to be with the sheep, who don't say anything. And better still to be alone with one's books. They tell their incredible stories at the time when you want to hear them. But when you're talking to people, they say some things that are so strange that you don't know how to continue the conversation.
Treasure is uncovered by the force of flowing water, and it is buried by the same currents.
The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.
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
The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.
Everything on Earth is being continuously transformed.
It's true; life really is generous to those who pursue their destiny
Everything on earth is being continuously transformed, because the earth is alive . and it has a soul. We are part of that soul, so we rarely recognize that it is working for us.
Your eyes show the strength of your soul.
Maybe God created the desert so that man could appreciate the date trees
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.
Eat when it is time to eat. And walk when it is time to walk.
You must always know what it is that you want.
There must be a language that doesn't depend on words.
Sometimes there's just no way to hold back the river.
Eat when it's time to eat. And move along when it's time to move along.
People learn, early in their lives, what is their reason for being. Maybe that's why they give up on it so early, too.
And, when you can't go back, you have to worry only about the best way of moving forward.
The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.
God has prepared a path for everyone to follow.
It is said that all people who are happy have God within them.
Anyone who interferes with the destiny of another thing never will discover his own.
There is only one way to learn. It's through action. Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey.
Listen to your heart. It knows all things, because it came from the Soul of the World and it will one day return there.
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.
Don't give in to your fears. If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart.
When you want something with all your heart, that's when you are closest to the Soul of the World. It's always a positive force.
Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.
What's the world's greatest lie?... It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate.
If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it
People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of. It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting. And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting it.
My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer, the boy told the alchemist one night as they looked up at the moonless sky. Tell your heart that the fear of suffering s 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.
Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life.
Every search begins with beginner’s luck. And every search ends with the victor’s being severely tested.
To realize one's destiny is a person's only obligation.
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.
The Soul of the World is nourished by people's happiness. And also by unhappiness, envy, and jealousy. To realize one's Personal Legend is a person's only real obligation. All things are one.
There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.
He had to choose between something he had become accustomed to and something he wanted to have.
The boy didn't know what a Personal Legend was. 'It's what you have always wanted to accomplish. Everyone, when they are young, knows what their Personal Legend 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 Personal Legend.