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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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      “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

        “When you were born you were crying and everyone else was smiling. Live your life so at the end, your’re the one who is smiling and everyone else is crying.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

          In the end it's not going to matter how many breaths you took, but how many moments took your breath away.

            “If we are going to do anything significant with life, we sometimes have to move away from it- beyond the usual measurements. We must occasionally follow visions and dreams.” ~ Bede Jarrett

              “The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

                “I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them.” ~ Ian Fleming

                  “The creatures that inhabit this earth-be they human beings or animals-are here to contribute, each in its own particular way, to the beauty and prosperity of the world.” ~ Dalai Lama

                    “The future does not belong to those who are content with today, apathetic toward common problems and their fellow man alike, timid and fearful in the face of bold projects and new ideas. Rather, it will belong to those who can blend passion, reason and courage in a personal commitment to [their] ideals.” ~ Robert F. Kennedy

                      “The need for devotion to something outside ourselves is even more profound than the need for companionship. If we are not to go to pieces or wither away, we must have some purpose in life; for no man can live for himself alone.” ~ Ross Parmenter

                        “The longest journey you will ever take is the 18 inches from your head to your heart.” ~ Andrew Bennett

                          “This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one… the being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.” ~ George Bernard Shaw

                          I Will Not Die An Unlived Life.

                            I will not die an unlived life.

                            I will not live in fear

                            of falling or catching fire.

                            I choose to inhabit my days,

                            to allow my living to open me,

                            to make me less afraid,

                            more accessible;

                            to loosen my heart

                            until it becomes a wing,

                            a torch, a promise.

                            I choose to risk my significance,

                            to live so that which came to me as seed

                            goes to the next as blossom,

                            and that which came to me as blossom,

                            goes on as fruit.

                            ~ Dawna Markova

                              ‎"Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what's left, and live it properly." ~ Marcus Aurelius

                                “If you are afraid to write or edit or assemble or disassemble, you are merely a spectator. And you are trapped, trapped by the instructions of those you’ve chosen to follow. Twenty people in the field and eighty thousand in the stands. The spectators are the ones who paid to watch, but it’s the player on the field who are truly alive.” ~ Seth Godin, The Icarus Deception

                                  “I don’t care how many friends you have on facebook or how many followers you have on twitter. Those are not actual friends or truly followers. I care about how many people will miss you if you’re not back here again tomorrow.” ~ Seth Godin, The Icarus Deception

                                    “Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves.” ~ Rainer Maria Rilke

                                      "Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray." ~ Rumi

                                        "You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing and dance, and write poems, and suffer and understand, for all that is life." ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti

                                          “We are not here merely to make a living. We are here to enrich the world with a finer spirit of hope and achievement- and we impoverish ourselves if we forget the errand.” ~ Woodrow Wilson