The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream

by Paulo Coelho

“I’m like everyone else—I see the world in terms of what I would like to see happen, not what actually does.”

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.

“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, and even men can turn themselves into the wind.

“That’s what alchemists do. They show that, when we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too.”