ALCHEMIST QUOTES- 2
"Don't think about what you've left behind" The
alchemist said to the boy as they began to ride across the sands of the desert.
"If what one finds is made of pure matter, it will never spoil. And one
can always come back. If what you had found was only a moment of light, like
the explosion of a star, you would find nothing on your return.”
"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.”
"God only rarely reveals the future. When he does so, it
is for one reason: it's a future that was written so as to be altered.”
"It's not what enters men's mouth that is evil," said
the alchemist. It's what comes out of their mouths that is.”
"There is only one way to learn. It's through action.
Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey.”
"It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path,
but it's another to think that yours is the only path.”
"making a decision was only the beginning of things. 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 lake was silent for some time. Finally, it said: "I weep for Narcissus, but I never noticed that Narcissus was beautiful. I
weep because, each time he knelt beside my banks, I could see, in the depths of
his eyes, my own beauty reflected.”
"And, when you can't go back, you have to worry only about
the best way of moving forward.”
"But if you believe yourself worthy of the thing you fought so hard to get, then you become an instrument of God, you help the Soul of the World, and you understand why you are here."
"If there hadn't been a sixth day, man would not exist; copper would always be copper; and lead just lead. It's true that everything has its Personal Legend, but one day that Personal Legend will be realized. So each thing has to transform itself into something better, and to acquire a new Personal Legend, until, someday, the Soul of the World becomes one thing only.”
"I'm alive. When I'm eating that's all I think about. If
I'm on the march, I just concentrate on marching. If I have to fight,it will be
just as good a day as any to die. If you can concentrate always on the present,
you'll be a happy man. Life is the moment we are living now.”
"You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it's
better to listen to what it has to say.”
"If good things are coming, they will be a pleasant
surprise," said the seer. "If bad things are, and you know in
advance, you will suffer greatly before they even occur.”
"If I am really a part of your dream, you'll come back one day.”