The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Review
It’s a nice and short story of personal development told in several analogies through the different stereotypical characters. I love the lessons embedded within. Would have loved if the treasure the boy found at the end was not an actual real physical treasure though ;)
The Alchemist
Warrior of the Light: Prologue
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Maybe God created the desert so that man could appreciate the date trees,
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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.
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the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself.
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Everyone is capable of these things. And, though no one thinks of himself as a Warrior of the Light, we all are.”
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People are afraid to pursue their most important dreams, because they feel that they don’t deserve them, or that they’ll be unable to achieve them. W
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“Thank you,” said the boy. “You taught me the Language of the World.” “I only invoked what you already knew.”
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Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.’”