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The following Passage from The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coelho, is one of the most amazing passages I have ever read, it’s about fighting for our dreams and overcoming the many obstacles in life. I like to think it was fate that left a copy of this book for me at my bedside table while I was traveling in Spain; it was an omen that inspired me to begin my own Pilgrimage and travel to the sacred Cathedral of Saint James in Northern Spain. It was the first piece to a literary puzzle that I would begin to unravel regarding my destiny in life.
“It is the pleasure of searching and the pleasure of the adventure. You are nourishing something that’s very important-your dreams. We must never stop dreaming. Dreams provide nourishment for the soul, just as a meal does for the body. Many times in our lives we see our dreams shattered and our desires frustrated, but we have to continue dreaming. If we don’t, our soul dies…
Enlightening quotes from The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
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My favorite book, The Alchemist, written by my favorite writer Paulo Coelho, is a beautiful Fable about following your dreams. I love this book with all my heart and I give it as a gift whenever possible. The gift I am sharing with you today is my favorite quotes from this inspiring and enlightening book.
- “Every search begins with beginners luck and ends with the victor’s being severely tested.” By Paulo Coelho
- “The boy and his heart had become friends, and neither was capable now of betraying the other.” The Alchemist
- “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. “ The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
- “Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life.” The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
- “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.” The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho “Courage is the quality most essential to understanding the Language of the World. “ The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
- “And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
- “When you want something with all your heart, that’s when you are closest to the Soul of the World. It’s always a positive force.” The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
- “It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.” Read More→
Inspiring passages from Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist
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I love The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, it will always be my favorite book. My first time reading it, I thought a little part of me was the Shepherd boy Santiago seeking his destiny by listening to his heart and following his dreams. If I had to pick only three things I could keep, they would be my Cat named Alchemy, my laptop, and my first edition signed copy of The Alchemist.
“At that moment, it seemed to him that time stood still, and the Soul of the World surged within him. When he looked intro her dark eyes, and saw that her lips were poised between a laugh and silence, he learned the most important part of the language that all the world spoke-the language that everyone on earth is capable of understanding in their heart. It was love…”
“…Something older then humanity, more ancient then the desert. Something that exerted the same force whenever two pairs of eyes met, as had theirs here at the well. She smiled, and that was certainly an omen-the omen he had been awaiting, without even knowing he was, for all his life. The omen he had sought to find with his sheep and in his books, in the crystals and in the silence of the desert…”
“…It was the pure language of the World. It required no explanation, just as the universe need none as it travels through endless time. What the boy felt at that moment was that he was in the presence of the only women in his life, and that, with no need for words, she recognized the same thing. He was more certain of it than anything in the world Read More→
