It's not what enters men's mouth that is evil," said the alchemist. It's what comes out of their mouths that is.

Anyone who loves needs to know both how to lose himself and how to find himself.

now that she realized she had been waiting for him—she did not like that.

if a book isn't self-explanatory, then it isn't worth reading.

When seen up close, dangers are controllable: when you begin to climb the mountain of your dreams, pay attention to the surroundings. There are cliffs, of course. There are almost imperceptible cracks in the mountain rock. There are stones so polished by storms that they have become as slippery as ice. But if you know where you are placing each footstep, you will notice the traps and how to get around them.

I walk every day, and I look at the mountains and the fields and the small city, and I say: 'Oh my God, what a blessing.' Then you realise it's important to put it in a context beyond this woman, this man, this city, this country, this universe.

Stay mad, but behave like normal people. Run the risk of being different, but learn to do so without attracting attention.