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    “Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the mystery why we climb.” ~ Greg Child

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      The Alchemist [Book]

        The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

        By: Paulo Coelho

        From this Book: 16 Quotes

        Book Overview:  The Alchemist, dazzling in its powerful simplicity and inspiring wisdom, is about an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago who travels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of a treasure buried in the Pyramids.  Along the way he meets a Gypsy woman, a man who calls himself king, and an alchemist, all of whom point Santiago in the direction of his quest.  No one knows what the treasure is, or if Santiago will be able to surmount the obstacles along the way.  But what starts out as a journey to find worldly goods turns into a discovery of the treasure found within.  Lush, evocative, and deeply humane, the story of Santiago is an eternal testament to the transforming power of our dreams and the importance of listening to our hearts.

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        1. Top 10 Quotes from The Alchemist!
        2. Paulo Coelho Quote on Listening To Your Heart (Beyond the Quote 52/365)

          “In the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.” ~ Jack Kerouac

          Be not the slave of your own past

            Be not the slave of your own past

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            “Be not the slave of your own past – plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so you shall come back with new self-respect, with new power, and with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

              “Nothing is more dangerous within a mans adventurous spirit than a secure future.” ~ John Krakauer

                “Adventure is a path. Real adventure – self-determined, self-motivated, often risky – forces you to have firsthand encounters with the world. The world the way it is, not the way you imagine it. Your body will collide with the earth and you will bear witness. In this way you will be compelled to grapple with the limitless kindness and bottomless cruelty of humankind – and perhaps realize that you yourself are capable of both. This will change you. Nothing will ever again be black-and-white.” ~ Mark Jenkins

                  “What you’ve done becomes the judge of what you’re going to do – especially in other people’s minds. When you’re traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don’t have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road.” ~ William Least Heat Moon

                    “Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.” ~ Seneca

                      “Not all those who wander are lost.” ~ J. R. R. Tolkien

                        “Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by.” ~ Robert Frost

                          “To venture causes anxiety, but not to venture is to lose one’s self… And to venture in the highest is precisely to be conscious of one’s self.” ~ Soren Kierkegaard

                            “Each of us must confront our own fears, must come face to face with them. How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives. To experience adventure or to be limited by the fear of it.” ~ Judy Blume

                              “The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.” ~ Oprah Winfrey

                                ‎”It’s better to live one day as a lion than a dozen years as a sheep.” ~ Snoopy