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The Alchemist (1988)
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We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it's our life or our possessions and property. But this fear evaporates when we understand that our life stories and the history of the world were written by the same hand.
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People need not fear the unknown if they are capable of achieving what they need and want.
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When each day is the same as the next, it's because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day that the sun rises.
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The future belongs to God, and it is only he who reveals it, under extraordinary circumstances.
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Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.
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What is a personal calling? It is God's blessing, it is the path that God chose for you here on Earth. Whenever we do something that fills us with enthusiasm, we are following our legend. However, we don't all have the courage to confront our own dream.
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At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible. They are not afraid to dream, and to yearn for everything they would like to see happen to them in their lives. But, as time passes a mysterious force begins to convince them that it will be impossible for them to realize their destiny.
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There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.
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The past and the future become unimportant. There is only that moment, and the incredible certainty that everything under the sun has been written by one hand only. It is the hand that evokes love, and creates a twin soul for every person in the world. Without such love, one's dreams would have no meaning.
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Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.
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There was a language in the world that everyone understood, a language the boy had used throughout the time that he was trying to improve things at the shop. It was the language of enthusiasm, of things accomplished with love and purpose, and as part of a search for something believed in and desired.
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Intense, unexpected suffering passes more quickly than suffering that is apparently bearable; the latter goes on for years and, without our noticing, eats away at our souls, until, one day, we are no longer able to free ourselves from the bitterness and it stays with us for the rest of our lives.
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Take these," said the old man, holding out a white stone and a black stone that had been embedded at the center of the breastplate. "They are called Urim and Thummim. The black signifies 'yes,' and the white 'no.' When you are unable to read the omens, they will help you to do so. Always ask an objective question.
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Maybe God created the desert so that man could appreciate the date trees
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The boy reached through to the Soul of the World, and saw that it was part of the Soul of God. And he saw that the Soul of God was his own soul. And that he, a boy, could perform miracles.
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The desert is a capricious lady, and sometimes she drives men crazy.
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It was shepherds who were the first to recognize a king that the rest of the world refused to acknowledge.
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Usually the threat of death makes people a lot more aware of their lives.
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We make a lot of detours, but we're always heading for the same destination
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Don't think about what you've left behind, the alchemist said to the boy as they began to ride across the sands of the desert. "Everything is written in the Soul of the World, and there it will stay forever."
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Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.
William James
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August 24, 1947
(age 76)
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