The Alchemist (book)

:For similarly-named works, see The Alchemist (disambiguation) for this title

Quotes from the book

• "When you want something , all the Universe conspires in helping you to achieve it" (Melchizedek)
• "There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure." (The Old King)
• "At a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fates. That's the world's greatest lie. Whoever you are, or whatever it is that you do, when you really want something, all the universe conspires in helping you achieve it." (The Old King)
• "As he mused about these things, he realised that he had to choose between thinking of himself as the poor victim of a thief and as an adventurer in quest of his treasure"
• "There is one great truth on this planet: whoever you are, or whatever it is that you do, when you really want something, it's because that desire originated in the soul of the universe... The soul of the world is nourished by people's happiness." (The Old King)
• "The desert takes our dreams away from us, and they don't always return. We know that, and we are used to it. Those who don't return become a part of the clouds, a part of the animals that hide in the ravines and of the water that comes from the earth. They become part of everything... They become the soul of the world." (Fatima)
• "Life attracts life"
• "Don't think about what you've left behind" (The Alchemist)
• "If what one finds is made of pure matter, it will never spoil. If what you had found was only only a moment of light, like the explosion of a star, you would find nothing on your return."
• "It's not often that money saves a person's life." (The Alchemist)
• "It is said that the darkest hour of the night came just before the dawn."