The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream

by Paulo Coelho

“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. That’s the world’s greatest lie.”

‘The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.’”

sense whether a person was near to or far from his Personal Legend. Just by looking at them. It’s easy, and yet I’ve never done it before, he thought.

Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we’re living right now.”

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

“You must understand that love never keeps a man from pursuing his Personal Legend. If he abandons that pursuit, it’s because it wasn’t true love

“Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself.

“Don’t give in to your fears,” said the alchemist, in a strangely gentle voice. “If you do, you won’t be able to talk to your heart.”