My favorite book, The Alchemist,

Every search begins with beginners luck and ends with the victors being severely tested. The Boy didnt know what a persons destiny was Its what you have always wanted to accomplish. Everyone, when they are young knows what their destiny is. The boy and his heart had become friends, and neither was capable now of betraying the other. Treasure is uncovered by the force of the flowing water, and it is buried by the same currents When each day is the same as the next, its because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day that the sun rises. In order to find the treasure, you will have to follow the omens. God has prepared a path for everyone to follow. You just have to read the omens that he left you. Dont forget that everything you deal with is only one thing and nothing else. And dont forget the language of omens. And, above all, dont forget to follow your destiny through to its conclusion.

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. Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life. There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure. Courage is the quality most essential to understanding the Language of the World. And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. When you want something with all your heart, thats when you are closest to the Soul of the World. Its always a positive force Its the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too. When you are in love, things make even more sense, he thought.

The soul of the world is nourished by peoples happiness. And also by unhappiness, envy, and jealousy. To realize ones destiny is a persons only obligation. All things are one. I dont live in either my past or my future. Im interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, youll be a happy man. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment were living now. When you are loved, you can do anything in creation. When you are loved, theres no need at all to understand whats happening, because everything happens within you. 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 seconds encounter with God and with eternity. Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure. Youve got to find the treasure, so that everything you have learned along the way can make sense. 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. 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. 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. I learned that the world has a soul, and that whoever understands that soul can also understand the language of things. I learned that many alchemists realized their destinies, and wound up discovering the Soul of the World, the Philosophers Stone, and the Elixir of Life. But above all, I learned that these things are all so simple they could be written on the surface of an emerald. The boy reached through to the Soul of the World, and saw that it was part of the Soul of God. And he saw that the Soul of God was his own soul. And that he, a boy, could perform miracles.

1) It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting. 2) Never stop dreaming. 3) Not everyone can see his dreams come true in the same way. 4) Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own. 5) The world's greatest lie: At a certain point in out lives we lose control of what's happening to us and our lives become controlled by fate. 6) When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it 7) Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life, where the histories of all people are connected, and we are able to know everything because it's all written there. 8) If you can concentrate on the present, you'll be a happy manthe secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be betterEach day, in itself, brings with it an eternity. 9) Everything has been written by the same hand. 10) All things are one. 11) Courage is the quality most essential to understanding the language of the world 12) Everyone on earth has a treasure that awaits him.

13) Wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure. 14) You've got to find the treasure, so that everything you have learned along the way can make sense. 15) There is only one way to learn. It's through action. 16) Listen to your heart. It knows all things, because it came from the Soul of the World and it will one day return there. 17) This natural world is only an image and a copy of paradise. 18) The existence of this world is simply a guarantee that there exists a world that is perfect 19) 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. 20) Most people see the world as a threatening place, and because they do, the world turns out indeed to be a threatening place. 21) When you possess great treasures within you, and try to tell others of them, seldom are you believed. 22) No one fails to suffer the consequences of everything under the sun. 23) There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure. 24) When we love, we always strive to become better than we are.

25) When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too. 26) Without love, dreams would have no meaning. 27) Love is the pure language of the world...A language without wordsthe one true language of the universe. It requires no explanation, just as the universe needs none as it travels through endless time. 28) Love is the force that transforms and improves the soul of the world. 29) The boy reached through to the Soul of the World and saw that it was a part of the Soul of God. And he saw that the Soul of God was his own soul. And that he, a boy, could perform miracles. 30) 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. 31) A philosophy of life: I'm an adventurer, looking for treasure.