It was the pure language of the World. It required no explanation,
just as the universe need none as it travels through endless
time. What the boy felt at that moment was that he was in the
presence of the only women in his life, and that, with no need
for words, she recognized the same thing. He was more certain
of it than anything in the world.
The Alchemist
Santiago meets Fatima. |
And when two such people encounter each other, and their eyes
meet, the past and the future become unimportant. There is only
that moment, and the incredible certainty that everything under
the sun has been written by one hand only. It is the hand that
evokes love, and creates a twin soul for every person in the
world. Without such love, one's dreams would have on meaning.
The Alchemist
Santiago meets Fatima. |
He knew that his love for her would enable him to discover
every treasure in the world.
The Alchemist
Santiago on Fatima. |
If I am really a part of your dream, you'll come back one
day.
Fatima to Santiago.
When you are in love, things make even more sense, he thought.
The Alchemist
Santiago. |
The future belongs to God, and it is only he who reveals it,
under extraordinary circumstances.
The Alchemist
The seer to the camel driver. |
The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to
the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on
the present, what comes later will also be better. Forget about
the future, and live each day according to the teachings, confident
that God loves his children. Each day, in itself, brings with
it an eternity.
The Alchemist
The seer to the camel driver. |
To die tomorrow was no worse than dying on any other day.
Every day was there to be lived or to mark one's departure from
this world. Everything depended on one word: "Maktub."
The Alchemist
Santiago reflects on what the camel driver
had said. |
Everything has been written by the same hand.
The Alchemist
Santiago to the alchemist, remembering
the camel driver's words. |
Courage is the quality most essential to understanding the
Language of the World.
The Alchemist
The alchemist to Santiago. |
When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires
to help that person to realize his dream.
The Alchemist
The alchemist to Santiago, echoing the
words of the old king. |
It's not what enters men's mouths that's evil. It's what comes
out of their mouths that is.
The Alchemist
The alchemist to Santiago. |
Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find
your treasure. You've got to find the treasure, so that everything
you have learned along the way can make sense.
The Alchemist
The alchemist to Santiago. |
Tomorrow, sell your camel and buy a horse. Camels
are traitorous: they walk thousands of paces and never seem
to tire. Then suddenly, they kneel and die. But horses tire
bit by bit. You always know how much you can ask of them, and
when it is they are about to die.
The Alchemist
The alchemist to Santiago. |
Life attracts life.
The Alchemist
The alchemist to Santiago. |
You must understand that love never keeps a man from pursuing
his destiny. If he abandons that pursuit, it's because it wasn't
true love … the love that speaks the language of the world.
The Alchemist
The alchemist to Santiago. |
One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for
loving.
The Alchemist
Fatima to Santiago. |
Don't think about what you've left behind.
The Alchemist
The alchemist to Santiago. |
If what one finds is made of pure matter, it will never spoil.
If what you had found was only a moment of light, like the explosion
of a star, you would find nothing on your return.
The Alchemist
The alchemist to Santiago. |
"There is only one way to learn," the alchemist
answered. "It's through action. Everything you need to
know you have learned through your journey."
The Alchemist
To Santiago. |
The wise men understood that this natural world is only an
image and a copy of paradise. The existence of this world is
simply a guarantee that there exists a world that is perfect.
God created the world so that, through its visible objects,
men could understand his spiritual teachings and the marvels
of this wisdom. That's what I mean by action.
The Alchemist
The alchemist to Santiago. |
You don't even have to understand the desert: all you have
to do is contemplate a simple grain of sand, and you will see
in it all the marvels of creation.
The Alchemist
The alchemist to Santiago. |
Listen to your heart. It knows all things, because it came
from the Soul of the World, and it will one day return there.
The Alchemist
The alchemist to Santiago. |
People are afraid to pursue their most important dreams, because
they feel that they don't deserve them, or that they'll be unable
to achieve them.
The Alchemist
Santiago's heart tells him this. |
Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the
suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it
goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search
is a second's encounter with God and with eternity.
The Alchemist
The alchemist to Santiago. |
All people who are happy have God within them.
The Alchemist
Santiago's heart. |
Everyone on earth has a treasure that awaits him.
The Alchemist
Santiago's heart. |
Most people see the world as a threatening place, and, because
they do, the world turns out, indeed, to be a threatening place.
The Alchemist
Santiago's heart. |
Every search begins with beginner's luck and ends with the
victor's being severely tested.
The Alchemist
The alchemist to Santiago. |
When you possess great treasures within you, and try to tell
others of them, seldom are you believed.
The Alchemist
The alchemist to Santiago. |
The boy and his heart had become friends, and neither was
capable now of betraying the other.
The Alchemist |
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