The world speaks many languages, the boy thought

The boy could see in his father’s gaze a desire to be able, himself, to travel the world—a desire that was still alive, despite his father’s having had to bury it, over dozens of years,...

Finally there are those who saw at once that the question was a trap. There is no answer. Instead of wasting time grappling with that trap. They decide to act. They look to their childhood...

Why do they make things so complicated?””So that those who have the responsibility for understanding can understand.,” he said. “Imagine if everyone went around transforming lead into gold. Gold would lose its value.””It’s those who...

Stay close 2 those who sing, tell stories, and enjoy life, and those eyes sparkle wiz happiness is contagious and will always manage 2 find a solution, whereas logic can find only an explanation 4...

The truth is that we don’t want to be saved by in the way God has chosen; we want to keep absolute control over our every step, to be fully conscious of our decisions, to...

If I am really a part of your dream, you’ll come back one day.

and dreaming is very pleasant as long as you are not forced to put your dreams into practice. That way, we avoid all the risks, frustrations and difficulties, and when we are old, we can...

Where there is loyalty, weapons are of no use.

It was the pure Language of the World. It required no explanation, just as the universe needs none as it travels through endless time. What the boy felt at that moment was that he was...

Don’t bother trying to explain your emotions. Live everything as intensely as you can and keep whatever you felt as a gift from God. The best way to destroy the bridge between the visible and...

If I must fall, may it be from a high place.

You came so that you could learn about your dreams,” said the old woman. “And dreams are the language of God. When he speaks in our language, I can interpret what he has said. But...

God is the same, even though He has a thousand names; it is up to us to select a name for Him.

When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” – The Alchemist, Paulo Cohelo –

Because when everyone dreams, but only a few realize their dreams, that makes cowards of us all.

But if we are talking in terms of making progress in life, we must understand that “good enough” is very different from “best.

In a world where everyone struggles to survive whatever the cost, how could one judge those who decide to die?

the world was in the hands of those who had courage to dream and to realize their dreams

Magical places are always beautiful and deserve to be contemplated … Always stay on the bridge between the invisible and the visible.

Life becomes interesting for the possibility to fulfill a dream.

The people through which the Tradition of the Sun spoke were people just like anyone else, and who, one morning or one evening, looked at the world and felt the presence of something greater. They...

Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.

I wept because I was re-experiencing the enthusiasm of my childhood; I was once again a child, and nothing in the world could cause me harm.

Do no be ashamed to make a temporary withdrawal from the field if you see that your enemy is stronger than you; it is not winning or losing a single battle that matters, but how...

The roller coaster is my life; Life is a fast, dizzying game. Life is a parachute jump; it’s taking chances; falling over and getting up again. It’s mountaineering; it’s wanting to get to the very...

An intense life needs a touch of madness.

The srongest love is the love which is not afraid to show the weakness

It’s risky, falling in love.””I know that,” I answered. “I’ve been in love before. It’s like a narcotic. At first it brings the euphoria of complete surrender. The next day, you want more. You’re not...

Life moves very fast. It rushes from Heaven to Hell in a matter of seconds.

Go and get your things,’ he said. ‘Dreams mean work.

Isn’t wine prohibited here?” the boy asked. “It’s not what enters men’s mouths that’s evil,” said the alchemist. “It’s what comes out of their mouths that is.

if a book isn’t self-explanatory, then it isn’t worth reading.

Now that she had nothing to lose, she was free.

Nothing in this world happens by chance.

Durante toda mi vida he entendido el amor como una especie de esclavitud consentida. Pero esto no es así: la libertad sólo existe cuando existe el amor. Quien se entrega totalmente, quien se siente libre,...

There is only one way to learn, the alchemist answered. It’s through action. Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey.

Work is a blessing when it helps us to think about what we are doing; but it becomes a curse when its sole use is to stop us thinking about the meaning of life.

Fairy tales had been her first experience of the magical universe, and more than once she had wondered why people ended up distancing themselves from that world, knowing the immense joy that childhood had brought...

They spent days, nights, weeks and months talking, never accepting the fact that, good or bad, an idea only exists when someone tries to put it into practice

The Warrior of the Light is a believer.Because he believes in miracles, miracles begin to happen. Because he is sure that his thoughts can change his life, his life begins to change. Because he is...

we are human beings, we are born full of guilt; we feel terrified when happiness becomes a real possibility.

solitude is not absence of love, but its complement

With every day that passed, the boy’s heart became more and moresilent. It no longer wanted to know about things of the past or future; it was content simply tocontemplate the desert, and to drink...

La passion est encore là, mais la flamme faiblit de jour en jour.Je sais qu’elle finira par s’éteindre complètement.

But as far as true goodness was concerned, that didn’t exist – not in the land of cowardly men.