Santiago (The Alchemist) Quotes

“When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”

“Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life.”

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

“So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.”

“This is what we call love. When you are loved, you can do anything in creation. When you are loved, there’s no need at all to understand what’s happening, because everything happens within you . . .”

“[M]aking a decision was only the beginning of things. When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision.”

“It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”

“Because when we love, we always strive to become better than we are.”