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.

no project is completed until its objective has been achieved.

His way isn't the same as mine, nor mine as his. But we're both in search of our destinies, and I respect him for that.

Solitude is not the absence of company, but the moment when our soul is free to speak to us and help us decide what to do with our life.

Believe that if Allah wants you to know something, someone will tell you.

Despising anything that was easy to achieve because if no sacrifice was involved, it obviously isn't worth having.

In these words lies all his power: He chose the path along which he is walking and so has no complaints.