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.

What's the world's greatest lie?... It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate.

When you know the language of love,it's easy to understand that someone in the world awaits you.

It’s what you do in the present that will redeem the past and thereby change the future.

Enjoy the questions and forget the answers.

Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.

Anyone who is in love is making love the whole time, even when they're not.