Most touching quotes from "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho

The Alchemist is an international bestseller Novel written by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho. It was first published in 1988. The Alchemist says story of a young shepherd and his journey to Egypt, following a recurring dream of finding treasure there. It is among the best-selling books in the history of publishing industry. It also set a Guinness World Record for most translated book written by a living author.

Read some inspiring thoughts from Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist

"And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."
"When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too."

"We are travelers on a cosmic journey,stardust,swirling and dancing in the eddies and whirlpools of infinity. Life is eternal. We have stopped for a moment to encounter each other, to meet, to love, to share.This is a precious moment. It is a little parenthesis in eternity."


"Don't give in to your fears. If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart."

"The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times."

"Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure"

"You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it's better to listen to what it has to say"

"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."

"Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time."

"Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity."


"I don’t live in either my past or my future. I’m interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you’ll be a happy man. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we’re living now."

"Every blessing ignored becomes a curse."

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

"Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own."