Paulo Coelho
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"Most people see the world as a threatening place, and, because they do, the world turns out, indeed, to be a threatening place."
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Paulo Coelho
Writer
"Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life."
Paulo Coelho
Writer
"The world we live in will be either better or worse depending on whether we become better or worse."
Paulo Coelho
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"Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure. You've got to find the treasure, so that everything you have learned along the way can make sense."
Paulo Coelho
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"If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it"
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"The soul of the world is nourished by people's Happiness."
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"The Grape that can with Logic absolute The Two-and-Seventy jarring Sects confute: The sovereign Alchemist that in a trice Life's leaden metal into Gold transmute."
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"I'm an adventurer, looking for treasure"
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"Treasure is uncovered by the force of flowing water, and it is buried by the same currents."
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"Become an alchemist. Transmute base metal into gold, suffering into consciousness, disaster into enlightenment."
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"It's true; life really is generous to those who pursue their destiny"
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"The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better." -- The Alchemist"
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"Whoever you are, or whatever it is that you do, when you really want something, it's because that desire originated in the soul of the universe. It's your mission on earth."
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"Because when we love, we always strive to become better than we are."
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"The only transformer and alchemist that turns everything into gold is love. The only magic against death, aging, ordinary life, is love."
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"Everyone, when they are young, knows what their destiny is."
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"Everything on Earth is being continuously transformed."
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"Before a dream is realized the soul of the world tests everything that was learned along the way."
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"The boy didn't know what a Personal Legend was. 'It's what you have always wanted to accomplish. Everyone, when they are young, knows what their Personal Legend is. 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 Personal Legend."
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"Anyone who interferes with the destiny of another thing never will discover his own."
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""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.""
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"You must always know what it is that you want."
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"If you can concentrate always on the present, you'll be a happy man."
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"You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it's better to listen to what it has to say."
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"In the end, alchemy, whether it is metallurgical or financial, fails. A base business can not be transformed into a golden business by tricks of accounting or capital structure. The man claiming to be a financial alchemist may become rich. But gullible investors rather than business achievements will usually be the source of his wealth."
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