Paolo Coelho - The Alchemist

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It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

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It's the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary.

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When someone sees the same people everyday, they wind up becoming a part of that person's life.  And then they want the person to change. If someone isn't what others want them to be, the other becomes angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives. But none about his or her own life.

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What's the worlds biggest lie?

It's this: that a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by faith.

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Everyone,  when they are young, know what their destiny is.  At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible.  They are not afraid to dream and to yearn for everthing they would like to see happen to them in their lives.  But, as time passes,  a mysterious force begins to convince them that it will be impossible for them to realize their destiny.

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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.  It's your mission on earth.

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The Soul of the World is nourished by people's happiness. And also by unhappiness,  envy,  and jealousy.  To realize ones destiny, is the person's real obligation. All things are one.

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When you want something,  all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. 

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If you start out by promising what you don't have yet,  you'll lose your desire to work toward getting it. 

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Everything in life has its price.

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When each day is the same as the next, it's because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day that the sun rises.

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It is called the Principle of Favorability. When  you play cards the first time,  you are almost sure to win.  Begginer's luck.

Theres is a force that wants you to realize your destiny; it whets your appetite with a taste of success. 

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The secret of happiness is to see the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.

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I'm like everyone else — I see the world in terms of what I would like to see happen, not what it actually does.

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I'm afraid that if my dream is realized, I'll have no reason to go on living.

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Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.

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There is a language in the world that everyone undestands.  It is the language of enthusiasm, of this accomplished with love and purpose, and as part of a search for something believed in and desired.

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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.

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People need not fear the unknown if they are capable of achieving what they need and want. 

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Love is the falcon's flight over your sands. Because for him you are a green field, from which he always returns with game. He knows your rocks,  your dunes, and your mountains and you are generous to him.

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Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen the third time.

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