13 powerful quotes from “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho
When you really want something, the universe always conspires in your favor.
There are books that entertain, and then there are books that crack open a new world of wisdom within us.
'The Alchemist' falls into the second category for me.
When I first read the book during Covid, it was hard to resonate with; it was hard to understand.
But as they say, “Wisdom meets you where you’re at. You won’t understand anything above your current level of comprehension.”
I think it’s very rightly said.
After reading it for the 2nd or 3rd time, it wasn’t just a story anymore; it inspired me and still inspires me to embrace change in my life by stepping out of my comfort zone.
It taught me that transformation and growth are the fruits of seeking discomfort, an ideology which inspires one to seek discomfort because the greatest moments and deepest connections in life exist outside our comfort zone.
Recently, after reading it again, I collected these 13 powerful quotes from the book that I like a lot. Hopefully, you will be able to resonate with them, or at least some of them.
Enjoy!
1.) It’s the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary; only wise men are able to understand them.
2.) 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.
3.) Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.
4.) 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.
5.) They wanted me to be a priest, but I decided to become a shepherd.
6.) To realize one’s Personal Legend is a person’s only real obligation. All things are one.
7.) And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
8.) People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.
9.) The miner was about to give it all up, right at the point when, if he were to examine just one more stone - just one more - he would find his emerald.
10.) People learn, early in their lives, what is their reason for being. Maybe that’s why they give up on it so early, too.
11.) If you start out by promising what you don’t even have yet, you’ll lose your desire to work toward getting it.
12.) There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.
13.) When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too.
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