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It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.
From The Alchemist
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You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it's better to listen to what it has to say.
From The Alchemist
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If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting it.
From The Alchemist
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The truth is that we don't want to be saved by in the way God has chosen; we want to keep absolute control over our every step, to be fully conscious of our decisions, to be capable of choosing the object of our devotion. It isn't like that with love - it arrives, moves in, and starts directing everything.
From The Witch of Portobello
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Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle.
From Brida
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Don’t bother trying to explain your emotions. Live everything as intensely as you can and keep whatever you felt as a gift from God. The best way to destroy the bridge between the visible and invisible is by trying to explain your emotions.
From Brida
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My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer.
From The Alchemist
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Still, being fragile creatures, humans always try to hide from themselves the certainty that they will die. They do not see that it is death itself that motivates them to do the best things in their lives. They are afraid to step into the dark, afraid of the unknown, and their only way of conquering that fear is to ignore the fact that their days are numbered. They do not see that with an awareness of death, they would be able to be even more daring, to go much further in their daily conquests, because then they would have nothing to lose- for death itself is inevitable.
From The Pilgrimage
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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.
From The Alchemist
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Collective madness is called sanity ..
From Veronika Decides to Die
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Travel is never a matter of money but of courage
From Aleph
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you must be careful never to allow doubt to paralyze you. always take the decisions you need to take, even if you're not sure you're doing the right thing. You'll never go wrong if, when you make a decision, you keep in mind an old German proverb: 'The devil is in the detail.' Remember that proverb and you'll always be able to turn a wrong decision into a right one.
From Brida
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Only two things can reveal life's great secrets: suffering and love.
From Aleph
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Isn't wine prohibited here?" the boy asked. "It's not what enters men's mouths that's evil," said the alchemist. "It's what comes out of their mouths that is.
From The Alchemist
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There is only one way to learn, it's through action. Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey
From The Alchemist
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Ester asked why people are sad.
"That’s simple," says the old man. "They are the prisoners of their personal history. Everyone believes that the main aim in life is to follow a plan. They never ask if that plan is theirs or if it was created by another person. They accumulate experiences, memories, things, other people's ideas, and it is more than they can possibly cope with. And that is why they forget their dreams.
From The Zahir
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JOY goes against the foundations of mathematics: it multiplies when we divide.
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Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
From Brida
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Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.
From The Alchemist
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The boat is safer anchored at the port; but that’s not the aim of boats.
From The Pilgrimage
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Because of that she had never had enough energy to be herself, a person who, like everyone else in the world, needed other people in order to be happy. But other people were so difficult. They reacted in unpredictable ways, they surrounded themselves with defensive walls, they behaved just as she did, pretending they didn't care about anything. When someone more open to life appeared, they either rejected them outright or made them suffer, consigning them to being inferior, ingenuous.
From Veronika Decides to Die
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He has done things that caused me to doubt His wisdom, but never His existence.
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It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.
From The Alchemist
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You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it's better to listen to what it has to say.
From The Alchemist
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If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting it.
From The Alchemist
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The truth is that we don't want to be saved by in the way God has chosen; we want to keep absolute control over our every step, to be fully conscious of our decisions, to be capable of choosing the object of our devotion. It isn't like that with love - it arrives, moves in, and starts directing everything.
From The Witch of Portobello
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Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle.
From Brida
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Don’t bother trying to explain your emotions. Live everything as intensely as you can and keep whatever you felt as a gift from God. The best way to destroy the bridge between the visible and invisible is by trying to explain your emotions.
From Brida
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My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer.
From The Alchemist
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Still, being fragile creatures, humans always try to hide from themselves the certainty that they will die. They do not see that it is death itself that motivates them to do the best things in their lives. They are afraid to step into the dark, afraid of the unknown, and their only way of conquering that fear is to ignore the fact that their days are numbered. They do not see that with an awareness of death, they would be able to be even more daring, to go much further in their daily conquests, because then they would have nothing to lose- for death itself is inevitable.
From The Pilgrimage
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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.
From The Alchemist
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Collective madness is called sanity ..
From Veronika Decides to Die
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Travel is never a matter of money but of courage
From Aleph
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you must be careful never to allow doubt to paralyze you. always take the decisions you need to take, even if you're not sure you're doing the right thing. You'll never go wrong if, when you make a decision, you keep in mind an old German proverb: 'The devil is in the detail.' Remember that proverb and you'll always be able to turn a wrong decision into a right one.
From Brida
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Only two things can reveal life's great secrets: suffering and love.
From Aleph
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Isn't wine prohibited here?" the boy asked. "It's not what enters men's mouths that's evil," said the alchemist. "It's what comes out of their mouths that is.
From The Alchemist
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There is only one way to learn, it's through action. Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey
From The Alchemist
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Ester asked why people are sad.
"That’s simple," says the old man. "They are the prisoners of their personal history. Everyone believes that the main aim in life is to follow a plan. They never ask if that plan is theirs or if it was created by another person. They accumulate experiences, memories, things, other people's ideas, and it is more than they can possibly cope with. And that is why they forget their dreams.
From The Zahir
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JOY goes against the foundations of mathematics: it multiplies when we divide.
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Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
From Brida
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Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.
From The Alchemist
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The boat is safer anchored at the port; but that’s not the aim of boats.
From The Pilgrimage
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Because of that she had never had enough energy to be herself, a person who, like everyone else in the world, needed other people in order to be happy. But other people were so difficult. They reacted in unpredictable ways, they surrounded themselves with defensive walls, they behaved just as she did, pretending they didn't care about anything. When someone more open to life appeared, they either rejected them outright or made them suffer, consigning them to being inferior, ingenuous.
From Veronika Decides to Die
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He has done things that caused me to doubt His wisdom, but never His existence.
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It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.
From The Alchemist
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You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it's better to listen to what it has to say.
From The Alchemist
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If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting it.
From The Alchemist
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The truth is that we don't want to be saved by in the way God has chosen; we want to keep absolute control over our every step, to be fully conscious of our decisions, to be capable of choosing the object of our devotion. It isn't like that with love - it arrives, moves in, and starts directing everything.
From The Witch of Portobello
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Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle.
From Brida
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Don’t bother trying to explain your emotions. Live everything as intensely as you can and keep whatever you felt as a gift from God. The best way to destroy the bridge between the visible and invisible is by trying to explain your emotions.
From Brida
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My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer.
From The Alchemist
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Still, being fragile creatures, humans always try to hide from themselves the certainty that they will die. They do not see that it is death itself that motivates them to do the best things in their lives. They are afraid to step into the dark, afraid of the unknown, and their only way of conquering that fear is to ignore the fact that their days are numbered. They do not see that with an awareness of death, they would be able to be even more daring, to go much further in their daily conquests, because then they would have nothing to lose- for death itself is inevitable.
From The Pilgrimage
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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.
From The Alchemist
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Collective madness is called sanity ..
From Veronika Decides to Die
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Travel is never a matter of money but of courage
From Aleph
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you must be careful never to allow doubt to paralyze you. always take the decisions you need to take, even if you're not sure you're doing the right thing. You'll never go wrong if, when you make a decision, you keep in mind an old German proverb: 'The devil is in the detail.' Remember that proverb and you'll always be able to turn a wrong decision into a right one.
From Brida
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Only two things can reveal life's great secrets: suffering and love.
From Aleph
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Isn't wine prohibited here?" the boy asked. "It's not what enters men's mouths that's evil," said the alchemist. "It's what comes out of their mouths that is.
From The Alchemist
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There is only one way to learn, it's through action. Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey
From The Alchemist
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Ester asked why people are sad.
"That’s simple," says the old man. "They are the prisoners of their personal history. Everyone believes that the main aim in life is to follow a plan. They never ask if that plan is theirs or if it was created by another person. They accumulate experiences, memories, things, other people's ideas, and it is more than they can possibly cope with. And that is why they forget their dreams.
From The Zahir
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JOY goes against the foundations of mathematics: it multiplies when we divide.
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Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
From Brida
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Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.
From The Alchemist
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The boat is safer anchored at the port; but that’s not the aim of boats.
From The Pilgrimage
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Because of that she had never had enough energy to be herself, a person who, like everyone else in the world, needed other people in order to be happy. But other people were so difficult. They reacted in unpredictable ways, they surrounded themselves with defensive walls, they behaved just as she did, pretending they didn't care about anything. When someone more open to life appeared, they either rejected them outright or made them suffer, consigning them to being inferior, ingenuous.
From Veronika Decides to Die
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He has done things that caused me to doubt His wisdom, but never His existence.
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