
11
He had worked for an entire year to make a dream come true, and that dream, minute by minute, was becoming less important.
Maybe cause that wasn’t really his dream.
– The Alchemist

12
If you rely only on experience, you’ll simply keep applying old solutions to new problems.
I know a lot of people who feel they have an identity only when they’re talking about their problems.
That way, they exist, because their problems are linked to what they judge to be their history.
– Aleph

13
You are someone who is different, but who wants to be the same as everyone else. And that in my view is a serious illness. God chose you to be different. Why are you disappointing God with this kind of attitude?
– Veronika Decides to Die

14
Love always triumphs over what we call death. That’s why there’s no need to grieve for our loved ones, because they continue to be loved and remain by our side.
– Aleph

15
You are what you believe yourself to be.
– The Witch of Portobello

16
It is said that the darkest hour of the night comes just before the dawn.
– The Alchemist

17
Stop being who you were and become who you are.
– The Zahir

18
At a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what’s happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That’s the world’s greatest lie.
– The Alchemist

19
Only mediocrity is sure of itself, so take risks, and do what you really want to do.
– Aleph

20
It’s the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary; only wise men are able to understand them.
– The Alchemist