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The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
[Originally published on my Medium page: link here]
The only thing I regret about this book is not being able to read it earlier. The novel follows a sheepherder, Santiago, on his journey towards the pyramids to find his treasure. Along the way, he runs through worldly issues and meets peculiar characters that assist and guide him to his destiny. I think you can feel the life-altering decisions being made by the readers in some passages; it makes a simple statement that it’s never too late to pursue one’s dreams, no matter how complicated things seem to be. Honestly, I loved everything about the book, especially how Coelho conveys a depth of themes and perspectives in a simple story about a sheepherder that just wanted to see the world. I think many people can relate and have experienced, or at least thought of, finding their own treasures in life; frankly, it’s haunting how The Alchemist can give you both hope and a bit of excitement-fear that comes in deciding to follow your purpose in life.
Read this book if…
- Life is going a little too fast or a little too slow for your liking.
- You’re going on a trip and want to bring a book along
- Especially if you’re a fan of The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, this would be a great follow-up towards adolescence or anywhere in the continuous wheel of life.
- Rate: 5/5
- Time: quick read, but do take longer to digest the words fully
- Book-shelf Worthy: Definitely!!!!!!
Quoteworthy:
Every blessing ignored becomes a curse
Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.
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.
The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times/
When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help the person to realize his dreams.
To realize one’s destiny is a person’s only obligation
Amare non vuol dire impossessarsi di un altro per arricchire se stesso,
bensì donarsi ad un altro per arricchirlo.
-M.Quoist
04.10.20 / Morning essentials: a good cup of coffee, a nice book, and a few tones of green
“If it’s still in your mind, it is still in your heart.”— Paulo Coelho
Yes, my mind was wandering. I wished I were there with someone who could bring peace to my heart, someone with whom I could spend a little time without being afraid that i would lose him the next day. With that reassurance, the time would pass more slowly. We could be silent for a while because we’d know we had the rest of our lives together for conversation. I wouldn’t have to worry about serious matters, about difficult decisions and hard words.
//Paulo Coelho,By the river Piedra I sat down and wept
“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.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
Artwork by Chad Hagen
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“Anxiety was born in the very same moment as mankind. And since we will never be able to master it, we will have to learn to live with it, just as we have learned to live with storms.”
― Paulo Coelho
Artwork by Kurt Perschke
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Always relinquish.
“Reason lost the battle, and all I could do was surrender and accept I was in love.” - Paulo Coelho
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We must never stop dreaming. Dreams provide nourishment for the soul, just as a meal does for the body. -The Pilgrimage,Paulo Coelho
We are always trying to convert people to a belief in our own explanation of the universe. We think that the more people there are who believe as we do, the more certain it will be that what we believe is the truth. But it doesn’t work that way at all. -The Pilgrimage,Paulo Coelho
Being human means having doubts and yet still continuing on your path. -Brida, Paulo Coelho
Choosing a path meant having to miss out on others. She had a whole life to live, and she was always thinking that, in the future, she might regret the choices she made now. “I’m afraid of committing myself,” she thought to herself. She wanted to follow all possible paths and so ended up following none. Even in that most important area of her life, love, she had failed to commit herself. After her first romantic disappointment, she had never again given herself entirely. She feared pan, loss, and separation. These things were inevitable on the path to love, and the only way of avoiding them was by deciding not to take that path at all. In order not to suffer, you had to renounce love. It was like putting out your own eyes not to see the bad things in life. -Brida,Paulo Coelho
None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, yet still we go forward. Because we trust. Because we have Faith. -Brida,Paulo Coelho
Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. -Brida,Paulo Coelho
When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way. -Brida,Paulo Coelho
Sztuka miłości jest jak malarstwo: wymaga techniki, cierpliwości, a przede wszystkim eksperymentowania we dwoje.
Wymaga odwagi, trzeba posunąć się dalej, poza to, co zwykło się nazywać “uprawianiem miłości”.
- Paulo Coelho
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“Considering the way the world is, one happy day is almost a miracle.”
~Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes
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