The Alchemist Quotes - Paul Coelho Quotes

Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life.

When you want something with all your heart, that's when you are closest to the Soul of the World. It's always a positive force.

If what one finds is made of pure matter, it will never spoil. If what you had found was only a moment of light, like the explosion of a star, you would find nothing on your return.

It's not often that money saves a person's life.

When you are in love, things make even more sense, he thought.

Courage is the quality most essential to understanding the Language of the World.

It is said that the darkest hour of the night comes just before the dawn.

If I am really part of your dream, you will come back one day.

May love be your guide in every moment of your life.

As he mused about these things, he realised that he had to choose between thinking of himself as the poor victim of a thief and as an adventurer in quest of his treasure.

The desert takes our dreams away from us, and they don't always return. We know that, and we are used to it. Those who don't return become a part of the clouds, a part of the animals that hide in the ravines and of the water that comes from the earth. They become part of everything... They become the soul of the world.

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.

Because people become fascinated with pictures and words, and wind up forgetting the Language of the World.

In his pursuit of the dream, he was being constantly subjected to tests of his persistence and courage. So he could not be hasty, nor impatient. If he pushed forward impulsively, he would fail to see the signs and omens left by God along his path.




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.

Although my aim is to understand love, and although I suffer to think of people to whom I gave my heart, I see that those who touched my heart failed to arouse my body, and that those who aroused my body failed to touch my heart.

Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure. You've got to find the treasure, so that everything you have learned along the way can make sense.

"There is only one way to learn," the alchemist answered. "It's through action. Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey.

The wise men understood that this natural world is only an image and a copy of paradise. The existence of this world is simply a guarantee that there exists a world that is perfect. God created the world so that, through its visible objects, men could understand his spiritual teachings and the marvels of this wisdom. That's what I mean by action.

It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

What's the world's greatest lie? 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.

There is one great truth on this planet: whoever you are, or whatever it is that you do, when you really want something, it's because that desire originated in the soul of the universe.... The soul of the world is nourished by people's happiness.

When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.


The boy didn't know what a person's "destiny" was. It's what you have always wanted to accomplish. Everyone, when they are young, knows what their destiny is. At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible. They are not afraid to dream, and to yearn for everything they would like to see happen to them in their lives. But, as time passes, a mysterious force begins to convince them that it will be impossible for them to realize their destiny.

At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible. They are not afraid to dream, and to yearn for everything they would like to see happen to them in their lives. But, as time passes a mysterious force begins to convince them that it will be impossible for them to realize their destiny.

“If good things are coming, they will be a pleasant surprise," said the seer. "If bad things are, and you know in advance, you will suffer greatly before they even occur."

Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.

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


What happens once will never happen again. But what happens twice will surely happen a third time.

People learn early in their lives what is their reason for being.

When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision.

The alchemists spent years in their laboratories, observing the fire that purified the metals. They spent so much time close to the fire that gradually they gave up the vanities of the world. They discovered that the purification of the metals had led to a purification of themselves
Life attracts life.

... And that dream, day by day, became less important. May be cause it wasn't really his dream.

The fear of suffer is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered while was chasing its own dreams.

God is where you let Him in.

We all get prepared to kill dragons and end up being eaten by the ants of the details, which we've never given attention.

Don't you ever allow doubts to paralize your actions.

Don't think about what you've left behind.

All you have to do is contemplate a simple grain of sand, and you will see in it all the marvels of creation. Listen to your heart. It knows all things, because it came from the Soul of the World, and it will one day return there.

People are afraid to pursue their most important dreams, because they feel that they don't deserve them, or that they'll be unable to achieve them.