The Alchemist

by Paulo Coelho

when each day is the same as the next, it’s because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day that the sun rises.

If you can concentrate always on the present, you’ll be a happy man. You’ll see that there is life in the desert, that there are stars in the heavens, and that tribesmen fight because they are part of the human race. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we’re living right now.”

Most people see the world as a threatening place, and, because they do, the world turns out, indeed, to be a threatening place.

when we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too.”