And, when you can't go back, you have to worry only about the best way of moving forward.

I don't know if the books are making the world a much better place. I don't write with that objective. What I know is that I see my readers creating a critical mass so we can at least understand this world in a different way.

It isn't expectations that carry us forward, it's our desire to go on.

This is for you,' he (the Alchemist) said, holding one of the parts (of gold) out to the monk. 'It's for your generosity to the pilgrims.' 'But this payment goes well beyond my generosity,' the monk responded. 'Don't say that again. Life might be listening, and give you less the next time.

Blaming the government for all the bad things that happen.

We are all capable of achieving whatever we want and need.

What other people think is more important than what we feel.