Suffering occurs when we want other people to love us in the way we imagine we want to be loved, and not in the way that love should manifest itself–free and untrammeled, guiding us with...

In order to have faith in his own path, he does not need to prove that someone else’s path is wrong.

One day you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now.

It’s one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it’s another to think yours is the only path.

Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle.

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.

But love is much like a dam: if you allow a tiny crack to form through whichonly a trickle of water can pass, that trickle will quickly bring down the whole structure, and soon no...

the grandeur of God reveals itself through simple things

To realize one’s destiny is a person’s only real obligation and when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

In the long run, what people think about sheperds and bakers becomes more important for them than their own Personal Legends.

Your answer is the logical, coherent answer an absolutely normal person would give: It’s a tie! A lunatic, however, would say that what I have around my neck is a ridiculous, useless bit of colored...

Solitude is used to teach us how to live with other people. Rage is used to show us the infinite value of peace. Boredom is used to underline the importance of adventure & spontaneity. Silence...

She is a treasure greater than anything else I have won.

The dunes are changed by the wind, but the desert never changes.

This is the present moment. Learn how to gobble it up without fear or guilt.

Once the soul has left the body it had to walk across a bridge as narrow as a knife edge, with paradise on the right and, on the left, a series of circles that lead...

If we are alone, we become more alone. Life is strange

,Por qué el Amor es más importante que la fe?Porque la Fe no es más que un camino que nos conduce al Amor más grande., Por qué el Amor es más importante que la Caridad?Porque...

Fortunate are those who take the first step. Someday people will realize that men and women are capable of speaking the language of the angels – that all of us are possessed of the gifts...

But I’m afraid that it would be all be a disappointment, so I prefer just to dream about it.

And the camel driver had said, to die tomorrow was no worse than dying on any other day. Every day was there to be lived or to mark one’s departure from this world.

El primer deseo es importante porque está escondido, prohibido, no permitido. No sabes si estás ante tu otra mitad perdida, ella tampoco lo sabe, pero algo te atrae, y es preciso creer que es verdad.

If you love someone, you must be prepared to set them free.

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...

Collective madness is called sanity ..

Finding one important thing in your life doesn’t mean you have togive up all the other important things.

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...

People no longer try to decipher the mystery of life but choose instead to be a part of it.

There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.

And what went wrong when other alchemists tried to make gold and were unable to do so?””They were looking only for gold his companion answered. They were seeking the treasure of their personal legend, without...

But people normally marry, and then they want that locked in time, so they think they’re not going to change. We’re going to change. Everybody’s going to change. So accepting that changes are part of...

He learned the most important part of the language that all the world spoke – the language that everyone on earth was capable of understanding in their heart. It was live. Something older than humanity,...

Teaching is only demonstrating that it is possible. Learning is making it possible for yourself.

Every day was there to be lived or to mark one’s departure from this world.

I had a dream, and I met with a king. I sold crystal and crossed the desert. And, because the tribes declared war, I went to the well, seeking the alchemist. So, I love you...

The act of living one’s own destiny includes a series of stages that are far beyond our understanding, whose objective is always to… make us learn the lessons necessary to fulfill our own destiny.

Sebab bukan cinta namanya kalau hanya berdiam diri saja seperti padang pasir, atau menjelajahi dunia seperti angin. Bukan pula cinta namanya kalau hanya memandang segala sesuatu dari kejauhan,

Why is patience so important?””Because it makes us pay attention.

Everything tells me that I am about to make a wrong decision, but making mistakes is just part of life. What does the world want of me? Does it want me to take no risks,...

When we first begin fighting for our dreams, we have no experience and make many mistakes. The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and get up eight times.

The rain is falling ever harder and all I can hear is the sound of the water. I’m drenched but I can’t move.

I am surprised how difficult for people is to say “I love you”. They only say the three magic words when they are sure they will hear “I love you too” back. C’mon! Spread the...

it’s best to accept life as it really is and not as I imagined it to be

The future belongs to God, and it is only he who reveals it, under extraordinary circumstances. How do I guess at the future? Based on the omens of the present. The secret is here in...

They say that in the second before our death, each of us understands the real reason for our existence, and out of that moment, heaven or hell is born.

Where are they written?” “In the world around us. Merely be attentive to what happens in your life, and you will discover where, every moment of the day, He hides His words and His will....

There is nothing more tedious about interviewing politicians. It would have been better if I’d been sent to cover some crime or another. Murderers are much more real.

He felt the urge to go into the desert, to see if it’s silence held the answers to his questions.

This last week has been a little hell for both of us simply because I didn’t understand my own feelings. And because I can’t understand them, I blame her for provoking in me feelings that...

Playing the part of a charitable soul was only for those who were afraid of taking a stand in life. It is always far easier to have faith in your own goodness than to confront...