And although she was sometimes dissatisfied with herself, she felt unable to go beyond her own limitations. Books were safer.

It is necessary to be humble in order to learn.

You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one.

No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn't know it.

All you have to do is to pay attention; lessons always arrive when you are ready.

"This is why alchemy exists," the boy said. "So that everyone will search for his treasure, find it, and then want to be better than he was in his former life. Lead will play its role until the world has no further need for lead; and then lead will have to turn itself into gold. That's what alchemists do. They show that, when we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too."

I came to realize that I was always looking for myself in the women I loved. I looked at their lovely, clean faces, and saw myself reflected in them. They, on the other hand, looked at me and saw the dirt on my face and, however intelligent and self confident they were, they ended up seeing themselves reflected in me and thinking that they were worse than they were. Please don't let that happen to you.