185 quotes
Perhaps they needn't even believe — it was enough that they needed angels, and the angels would return gladly.
The Valkyries (1992)
When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
The Alchemist (1988)
We must never forget that spiritual experience is above all a practical experience of love. And with love, there are no rules.
By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept (1994)
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.
The Alchemist (1988)
I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.
Eleven Minutes (2003)
In my world, everything is possible and everything is relative.
The Zahir (2005)
Laugh at your worries and insecurities. View your anxieties with humor. It will be difficult at first, but you'll gradually get used to it.
The Witch of Portobello (2007)
If you come here, you will find a hidden treasure.
The Alchemist (1988)
I told you that your dream was a difficult one. It's the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary; only wise men are able to understand them.
The Alchemist (1988)
That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it.
Eleven Minutes (2003)
Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.
The Alchemist (1988)
Anyone who is in love is making love the whole time, even when they're not.
Eleven Minutes (2003)
The desert takes our dreams away from us, and they don't always return.
The Alchemist (1988)
Love is the force that transforms and improves the Soul of the World.
The Alchemist (1988)
Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant.
Eleven Minutes (2003)
The soul of the world is nourished by people's happiness.
The Alchemist (1988)
When we meet someone and fall in love, we have a sense that the whole universe is on our side. And yet if something goes wrong, there is nothing left!
Eleven Minutes (2003)
In love, no one can harm anyone else; we are each of us responsible for our own feelings and cannot blame someone else for what we feel.
Eleven Minutes (2003)
You are what you believe yourself to be.
The Witch of Portobello (2007)
There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.
The Alchemist (1988)