Quotes from The Alchemist

I just finished reading The Alchemist by Paulo Cohelo, which had been on my reading list for about forever and a day. I knew from just the first few pages it was one of those books I was going to write quotes down from, I thought I’d share some of them with you. It was a great book that made you think about what you’re up to in your life and if you’re headed to your destiny or if you’re holding back for whatever excuse. I suggest reading it sometime, it’s a tad poetic, but a quick read.

“It’s the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary, only wise men are able to understand that.” -Gypsy Woman

“In the long run, what people think about shepherds and bakers becomes more important than their own personal legends.”-King of Salem (This quote is basicaly saying, that people worry about every little aspect of others lives, the unimportant worldy things that they completely miss the point of their own life.)

“Everyday was the same, and when each day is the same as the next it’s because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day that the sun rises.” -Santiago

“If you can concentrate always on the present, you’ll be a happy man.” -Camel Driver

“When you are in love things make even more sense.” -Santiago

“One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.”-Fatima

“People are afraid to purse their most important dreams, because they feel they don’t deserve them or that they’ll be unable to achieve them.” -The Alchemist

“The fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of it’s dreams because every second of the search is the a second’s encounter with God and with eternity.”-The Alchemist

“When you are loved you can do anything in creation. When you are loved, there is no need at all to understand everything that happens within you and even men can turn themselves into the wind. As long as the wind helps of course.” -Santiago

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

“I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.” -Santiago