The Alchemist
Quotes from the Book
He knew one of the women well, and had shared his universe with her. They had seen the same mountains, and the same trees, although each of them had seem them differently. She knew his weaknesses, his moments of hatred, of despair. Yet she was there at his side. They shared the same universe.
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People destroy what they love.
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When God wants to drive a person insane, he grants that person's every wish.
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Infatuation was a good thing. It gave spice to life, and added to its enjoyment... But it was different from love. Love was worth everything, and couldn't be exchanged for anything.
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Follow your dreams and take your risks.
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Don't fear the light within. May it ignite the Sacred Flame in your soul.
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I have won important things for myself, but I'm going to destroy them, because I tell myself they have lost their meaning. I know that is not true. I know they are important, and that if I destroy them, I'll be destroying myself, as well.
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Break a pact. Accept forgiveness. Make a bet.
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One way or another, I have wound up destroying what I've loved. I've seen my dreams fall apart just when I seemed to achieve them. I always thought that was just the way life was. My life and everybody else's.
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There are moments when, without really knowing it, we are aware of the presence of angels.
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With the strength or our love and our will we can change our destiny as well as the destiny of many others.
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Someone once said that the earth produces enough to satisfy needs, but not enough to satisfy greed,
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Each would always be fascinated by the other–so long as each remained exactly what the other imagined.
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Relax, allow the mind to become empty, and surprise yourself with the great treasure that begins to flow from your soul.
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Angels are love in motion. They never rest, they struggle to grow, and they are beyond good and evil. Love that consumes all, that destroys all, that forgives all. Angels are made of that love, and are at the same time its messengers.
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I deserve this,” she thought. She deserved the pain and the punishment. She deserved death. Ever since she was a child, she had refused to fight–she didn't believe that she was capable of it. She accepted everything from others, suffered in silence the injustices to which she fell victim. She wanted everyone to see that she was a good girl. That she was sensitive in her heart, and able to help everyone. She wanted to be liked at any cost. God had given her a good life, and she had not been able to make use of it. Instead, she begged that others love her, lived her life as others wanted her to, all in order to show that she was kindhearted and able to please everyone
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One has only to accept a simple fact: Love—of God and of others—shows us the way. Our defects, our dangerous depths, our suppressed hatreds, our moments of weakness and desperation—all are unimportant. If what we want to do is heal ourselves first, so that then we can go in search of our dreams, we will never reach paradise. If, on the other hand, we accept all that is wrong about us—and despite it, believe that we are deserving of a happy life—then we will have thrown open an immense window that will allow Love to enter. Little by little, our defects will disappear, because one who is happy can look at the world only with love—the force that regenerates everything that exists in the Universe.
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the world was in the hands of those who had courage to dream and to realize their dreams
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She had died many times, and was stronger each time she was reborn.
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Não importam nossos defeitos, nossos perigosos abismos, nosso ódio reprimido, nossos longos momentos de fraqueza e desespero: se quisermos nos corrigir primeiro para depois partir em busca de nossos sonhos, não chegaremos nunca ao Paraíso. Se, entretanto, aceitarmos tudo que há de errado em nós - e, ainda assim, achar que merecemos uma vida alegre e feliz, então estaremos abrindo uma imensa janela para o Amor entrar. Aos poucos, os defeitos vão desaparecer por si mesmos, porque quem está feliz só consegue olhar o mundo com Amor - esta força regenera tudo que existe no Universo.
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• Iga asi on rituaal. Hoolikalt välja töötatud rituaal, mida igaüks püüab võimalikult täpselt sooritada, sest ta kardab, et kui mõni osa välja jääb, läheb kõik valesti. Selle rituaali nimi on rutiin.
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„Ne bori se protiv svojih misli, jače su od tebe. Ako želiš da ih se oslobodiš, prihvati ih. Misli o čemu one žele da misliš, dok se ne umore.“ „Anđeli su vidljivi onima koji prihvate svetlost. I raskinu sporazum s tamom.“ „Bog je u rečima, ali i demon takođe.“ „Ako je postojalo užasno zlo koje su osetili, istina je onda i da postoji carstvo nebesko.“ „NA REKAMA VAVILONSKIM SEĐASMO I PLAKASMO. O VRBAMA OKO NJIH VEŠASMO HARFE SVOJE.“ „Budite hrabri. Otvorite svoje srce i čujte šta nam govori. Sledite svoje snove jer samo čovek koji se ne stidi sebe u stanju je da ispolji slavu Božju.“ „Nema drugog greha do nemanja ljubavi. Imajte hrabrosti, budite sposobni da volite, makar ljubav delovala izdajnički i užasno.“ „Dobro je da držiš jedno, a drugo da ne puštaš iz ruke; jer ko se boji Boga, izbaviće se od svega.“ „Ako volimo, svet se preobražava. Svetlost ljubavi razara tamu krivice.“ „Ratnici smo i Ratnice Svetlosti, ove svetlosti koju s ponosom nosimo. Oganj koji nam je, kada je prvi put upaljen, otkrio naše mane i našu krivicu. Iznenadili smo se, uplašili, i osetili se nedoraslima. Ali bio je to oganj ljubavi. I kada smo ga prihvatili, spržio je loše u nama. Pokazao nam je da nismo ni bolji ni lošiji od onih koji su nas strogim okom posmatrali. I zato prihvatamo oproštaj. Nema više krivice, možemo se vratiti u Raj. I ponećemo oganj koji će pržiti na zemlji.“ „Svet je u rukama onih koji imaju hrabrosti da sanjaju i da žive svoje snove.“ „Čovek dođe, sagradi, nada se da će delo koje stvara biti važno. Ali, u nekom trenutku shvati da je tražio više nego što zemlja može da mu da. Tada sve napušta i nastavlja dalje, ne primećujući da je povukao i druge u svoj san – druge koji, pošto su slabiji, staju. Kao napušteni gradovi u pustinji.“ „Ovo je tvoje lice, anđele moj čuvaru. Vidim te. Uvek si bio preda mnom i skoro te nikada nisam prepoznao. Čujem tvoj glas, i iz dana u dan mi je sve jasniji. Znam da postojiš, jer o tebi govore u svakom uglu ove planete. Možda jedan čovek, ili čitavo jedno društvo, može da greši. Ali sva društva i sve civilizacije u svim krajevima Zemlje uvek su govorili o anđelima. Danas deca, starci i proroci slušaju. Ipak, o anđelima će se pričati tokom vekova jer će uvek biti proroka, dece i staraca.“ „Kada Bog želi nekoga da zaludi, zadovolji mu svaku želju.“ „Bog nam je darežljivo stavio Svoju mudrost i Svoju ljubav nadohvat ruke i lako je, veoma lako, pronaci ih.“ „Odgovorni smo za sve što se dešava na ovom svetu. Mi smo Ratnici Svetlosti. Snagom svoje ljubavi i volje možemo promeniti svoju sudbinu i sudbinu mnogih.“ „... ljubav – božija i naših bližnjih – ukazuje nam put. Nisu bitne naše mane, naši opasni lični bezdani, naša potisnuta mržnja, naši dugi trenuci slabosti i očaja: ako budemo želeli da se popravimo pre nego što krenemo u potragu za našim snovima, nikada nećemo stići u Raj. Ako, međutim, prihvatimo sve što u nama ne valja – i uprkos tome pomislimo da zaslužujemo radostan i srećan život, tada ćemo otvoriti ogroman prozor kroz koji ljubav može da uđe. Malo – pomalo mane će nestajati same od sebe, jer onaj ko je srećan na svet može da gleda samo s ljubavlju – silom koja preporađa sve što u univerzumu postoji.
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God is love, generosity and forgiveness, if we believe in this we will never allow our weakness to paralyze us.
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Yes, the angels were happy, because they had been contacted again. Any person who resolved to speak with them would discover that it was not the first time. They had already conversed with them when they were children-the angels had appeared in the form of "secret friends," and had been their companions in long conversations and in play, protecting them from evil and from danger.
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About Paulo Coelho
About the book
When You Love, You Change the World Why is it that we destroy the things we love most? This is the question Paulo Coelho faces in this touching story about his confrontation with his past. In The Valkyries , Paulo and his wife, Cristina, embark on a forty-day quest into the starkly beautiful and sometimes dangerous Mojave Desert, where they encounter the Valkyries, strange warrior women who travel the desert on motorcycles. A masterful blend of the exotic locales, dramatic adventure, and stark storytelling for which Coelho’s fictional works are renowned, this true-life odyssey is at once a modern-day adventure story and a poignant message about letting go of the past and believing in the future.
Book details
- First published
- 1988
- Author
- Paulo Coelho
- Genre
- Fiction
- Goodreads rating
- 3.31 (29k ratings)
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