The Alchemist

by Paulo Coelho

“If a person is living out his Personal Legend, he knows everything he needs to know. There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”

“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. As long as the wind helps, of course.”

“But this payment goes well beyond my generosity,” the monk responded. “Don’t say that again. Life might be listening, and give you less the next time.”

“No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn’t know it.”

It’s true; life really is generous to those who pursue their Personal Legend,