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." -- The Alchemist

You start living for the obsession alone ... You want to arrive somewhere regardless of whether you're enjoying the road or not.

The most important thing in all human relationships is conversation, but people don’t talk anymore, they don’t sit down to talk and listen. They go to the theater, the cinema, watch television, listen to the radio, read books, but they almost never talk. If we want to change the world, we have to go back to a time when warriors would gather around a fire and tell stories.

Life is a long pilgrimage from fear to love.

Don't ask permission to be happy. Don't beg for forgiveness. Just do it.

The three classic ways in which the Devil tempts us are with a threat, a promise or a seduction.

Saying ‘No’ does not always show a lack of generosity and that saying ‘Yes’ is not always a virtue