The lad wandered through the desert forforty days, and finally came upon a beautiful castle, high atop a mountain. The boy approached awoman who had come to the well to fill a goatskin with water.\"Good afternoon, ma'am. The Alchemist Quotes Showing 1-30 of 2,288. He haddecided, the night before, that he would be as much an adventurer as theones he had admired in books.He walked slowly through the market. These stones were the only form of divination permitted byGod. \"The Koran requires me tofeed a hungry person.\"\"Well then, why did you let me do it?\" the boy asked.\"Because the crystal was dirty. But wetwo have to live with our mistakes.\"That's true enough, the boy thought, ruefully.\"Why did you think we should have the display?\" He got up to pay the bill, but the owner grabbed himand began to speak to him in an angry stream of words. He almostbegan to tell about his treasure, but decided not to do so. \"You brought a new feeling into my crystalshop. If he makes a buying mistake, it doesn't affect him much. He had been in the same place for thirty years: a shop atthe top of a hilly street where few customers passed. But the boy never took his eye off hisnew friend. *The Englishman was sitting on a bench in a structure that smelled ofanimals, sweat, and dust; it was part warehouse, part corral. A special 25th anniversary edition of the extraordinary international bestseller, including a new Foreword by Paulo Coelho. That's good. \"We make a lot of detours, butwe're always heading for the same destination.\"\"And you ought to read more about the world,\" answered the Englishman.\"Books are like caravans in that respect.\"The immense collection of people and animals began to travel faster. Today, I understand something I didn't see before:every blessing ignored becomes a curse. Video An illustration of an audio speaker. Or beginner's luck.\"The merchant was silent for a few moments. He remembered what the old man had said about offering somethingyou didn't even have yet.\"I'd like you to take me there if you can. It turned out to be a bitter tea. He put his headcloth in place and secured it with a ring made of camelskin. Most of them he hadread in books, but he would tell them as if they were from his personalexperience. The Alchemist (Portuguese: O Alquimista) is a novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that was first published in 1988. Take to the fields, and somedayyou'll learn that our countryside is the best, and our women the mostbeautiful.\"And he gave the boy his blessing. \"I can interpret it, butthe interpretation is very difficult. They were men who had dedicated their entire lives to thepurification of metals in their laboratories; they believed that, if a metal wereheated for many years, it would free itself of all its individual properties, andwhat was left would be the Soul of the World. The boy wasstrong, and wanted to retaliate, but he was in a foreign country. Looking at the sun, hecalculated that he would reach Tarifa before midday. \"I have to get back tomy cooking, and, since you don't have much money, I can't give you a lotof time.\"\"The child went on playing with my sheep for quite a while,\" continued theboy, a bit upset. \"Did you learnanything?\" the Englishman asked, eager to hear what it might be. As theysat around the fire, the camel drivers exchanged information about The treasure is at thePyramids; that you already knew. He saw to it that all the sheep enteredthrough the ruined gate, and then laid some planks across it to prevent theflock from wandering away during the night. Just as I hadn't realized that for so many years Ihad been speaking a language without words to my sheep.\"Do you want to go to work for me?\" the merchant asked.\"I can work for the rest of today,\" the boy answered. The caravan would be very lucky to reach theoasis.The animals were exhausted, and the men talked among themselves lessand less. But he decided to take a chance. And the leader posted armed sentinels at the fringes of the group.The Englishman was unable to sleep one night. He was going to miss the place and all thegood things he had learned. Curse the moment I met that oldman, he thought. And yet,none of these people has ever met the old king. She would never know the difference, because she didn't knowhow to read.Meanwhile, the old man persisted in his attempt to strike up a conversation.He said that he was tired and thirsty, and asked if he might have a sip ofthe boy's wine. He thought about asking him togive it back, but decided that would be unfriendly. By the time he had hadenough of the sea, he would already have known other cities, other women,and other chances to be happy. The Alchemist is a novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that was first published in 1988. As the time passed, the boy found himself wishing that theday would never end, that her father would stay busy and keep him waitingfor three days. They came in silence and departed the sameway, dressed in black garments that showed only their eyes. Some of them were richpilgrims, traveling in caravans with servants and camels, but most of thepeople making the pilgrimage were poorer than I.\"All who went there were happy at having done so. He also tried to remembersome good stories to relate as he sheared the sheep. "And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.". Although his new worldat the moment was just an empty marketplace, he had already seen it whenit was teeming with life, and he would never forget it. He remembered thesword. \"I dreamed that I was in a fieldwith my sheep, when a child appeared and began to play with the animals. He must be disguised to avoid encounters withthieves.\"Take these,\" said the old man, holding out a white stone and a black stonethat had been embedded at the center of the breastplate. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 15 / 94decided he should go back to being a shepherd. If he sold just one of hissheep, he'd have enough to get to the other shore of the strait. For nearly a year, he had beenworking incessantly, thinking only of putting aside enough money so that hecould return to Spain with pride.\"Never stop dreaming,\" the old king had said. His smile reminded the boy of the old manthe mysterious old king he had met. He had seen kingsand beggars walking the desert sands. "Sooo much more helpful than SparkNotes. It was bunched up, and he had hardly thought of it for along time. *He was shaken into wakefulness by someone. 'As you wanderaround, carry this spoon with you without allowing the oil to spill.' Once again he saw that, in that strange land, he was applying thesame lessons he had learned with his sheep.\"All things are one,\" the old man had said. \"It's called the principle offavorability. Peoplewere shouting at the new arrivals, dust obscured the desert sun, and thechildren of the oasis were bursting with excitement at the arrival of thestrangers. Itwas something that I thought could happen only to others, never to me. \"I'm a shepherd, and Ihave been to many places, but I come from only one placefrom a citynear an ancient castle. The treasure was now nothing but a painful memory, andhe tried to avoid thinking about it.\"I don't know anyone around here who would want to cross the desert justto see the Pyramids,\" said the merchant. It's going to test thecaravan's every step to see if it's in time, and, if it is, we will make it to theoasis.\"\"If either of us had joined this caravan based only on personal courage, butwithout understanding that language, this journey would have been muchmore difficult.\"They stood there looking at the moon.\"That's the magic of omens,\" said the boy. He knew that a few hours from now, with the sun at itszenith, the heat would be so great that he would not be able to lead hisflock across the fields. He canceled all hiscommitments and pulled together the most important of his books, and nowhere he was, sitting inside a dusty, smelly warehouse. That waswhat made traveling appeal to himhe always made new friends, and hedidn't need to spend all of his time with them. But an old king sometimes has totake some pride in himself.\" *How strange Africa is, thought the boy.He was sitting in a bar very much like the other bars he had seen along thenarrow streets of Tangier. Yes, the old man hadknown what he was talking about: during the time the boy had spent in the He was more confident in himself, though, andfelt as though he could conquer the world.\"But I'm going back to the fields that I know, to take care of my flockagain.\" He said that to himself with certainty, but he was no longer happywith his decision. And, just as she was about to showme the exact location, I woke up. Then he turned to theboy.\"I am proud of you,\" he said. But I had to insist on the payment of sixsheep because I helped you to make your decision.\"The boy put the stones in his pouch. Combining magic, mysticism, wisdom and wonder into an inspiring tale of self-discovery, The Alchemist has become a modern classic, selling millions of copies around the world and transforming the lives of countless readers across generations. He wassure that it made no difference to her on which day he appeared: for her,every day was the same, and when each day is the same as the next, it'sbecause people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their livesevery day that the sun rises.I left my father, my mother, and the town castle behind. One afternoon, on a visit to his family,he had summoned up the courage to tell his father that he didn't want tobecome a priest. Before you came, I was thinkingabout how much time I had wasted in the same place, while my friends hadmoved on, and either went bankrupt or did better than they had before. The scabbard was embossed in silver, and thehandle was black and encrusted with precious stones. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 37 / 94scene that began the book. He had said that it was a goodthing for the boy to clean the crystal pieces, so that he could free himselffrom negative thoughts. Or marry the daughter of a textilemerchant?\"\"Yes, or even search for treasure. \"I have the money I need to buy my sheep.And you have the money you need to go to Mecca.\"The old man said nothing.\"Will you give me your blessing?\" asked the boy. And maybe it wasn't that they were teaching me,but that I was learning from them.\"Maktub,\" the merchant said, finally.\"What does that mean?\"\"You would have to have been born an Arab to understand,\" he answered.\"But in your language it would be something like 'It is written.' But, as time passes, a mysterious forcebegins to convince them that it will be impossible for them to realize theirdestiny.\"None of what the old man was saying made much sense to the boy. *And now it was only four days before he would be back in that same village.He was excited, and at the same time uneasy: maybe the girl had alreadyforgotten him. He had never beento that ruined church before, in spite of having traveled through those partsmany times. And I will tellyou how to find the hidden treasure. \"But bakers are moreimportant people than shepherds. Dusk was falling as the boy arrived with hisherd at an abandoned church. He had assumed he would soon return to hissheep.\"Why did you want to get to the Pyramids?\" he asked, to get away from thebusiness of the display.\"Because I've always heard about them,\" the boy answered, saying nothingabout his dream. They placed the symbolsof the pilgrimage on the doors of their houses. Theomens had told him so. And he knew what was thefair price for every one of his animals.He decided to return to his friend's stable by the longest route possible. I wanted them to be a part of yourinheritance. The boy smiled to himself. Theshop is exactly the size I always wanted it to be. *The boy began again to read his book, but he was no longer able toconcentrate. And both you and I needed to cleanse ourminds of negative thoughts.\"When they had eaten, the merchant turned to the boy and said, \"I'd like youto work in my shop. There was afull moon, and the boy told the Englishman the story of his life.The Englishman was fascinated with the part about the progress achieved atthe crystal shop after the boy began working there.\"That's the principle that governs all things,\" he said. They climb themountain to see the castle, and they wind up thinking that the past wasbetter than what we have now. Now that I have seen them, and now that I see how immense mypossibilities are, I'm going to feel worse than I did before you arrived.Because I know the things I should be able to accomplish, and I don't wantto do so.\"It's good I refrained from saying anything to the baker in Tarifa, thought theboy to himself.They went on smoking the pipe for a while as the sun began to set. As he mused about these things, he realized that he had to choosebetween thinking of himself as the poor victim of a thief and as anadventurer in quest of his treasure.\"I'm an adventurer, looking for treasure,\" he said to himself. If he were to tire of the Andalusianfields, he could sell his sheep and go to sea. \"And, as he smothered the coals in the hookah, he told the boy that he could \"How many sheep do youhave?\"\"Enough,\" said the boy. Dusk was falling as the boy arrived with hisherd at an abandoned church. His newfriend pushed the owner aside, and pulled the boy outside with him. Only when he consents.\"Wait for the end of the war. Thatwind had brought the Moors, yes, but it had also brought the smell of thedesert and of veiled women. Theboy repeated his question.\"Why do you want to find that sort of person?\" the Arab asked.\"Because my friend here has traveled for many months in order to meet withhim,\" the boy said.\"If such a man is here at the oasis, he must be the very powerful one,\" saidthe old man after thinking for a few moments. I'm afraid that if mydream is realized, I'll have no reason to go on living.\"You dream about your sheep and the Pyramids, but you're different fromme, because you want to realize your dreams. As soon as he had learned to know hiscamel better, and to establish a relationship with him, he threw the bookaway. I couldn't have found God in the seminary,he thought, as he looked at the sunrise.Whenever he could, he sought out a new road to travel. \"They are calledUrim and Thummim. It seemed he had made the long journeyfor nothing. He looked likean Arab, which was not unusual in those parts. If a guide were to fall ill or die, the camel drivers would draw lotsand appoint a new one. But the stones were proof thathe had met with a kinga king who knew of the boy's past.\"They're called Urim and Thummim, and they can help you to read theomens.\" The boy put the stones back in the pouch and decided to do anexperiment. Now it was too late tochange anythingthe only thing he had ever learned to do was to buy andsell crystal glassware. Themerchant was the proprietor of a dry goods shop, and he always demandedthat the sheep be sheared in his presence, so that he would not becheated. \"In school.\"\"Well, if you know how to read, why are you just a shepherd?\"The boy mumbled an answer that allowed him to avoid responding to herquestion. The room'sfurnishings consisted of a table, an image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus,and two chairs.The woman sat down, and told him to be seated as well. I shouldhave repeated it for him. Everything you need for every book you read. \"Hewanted your money,\" he said. It was the language of enthusiasm, of things accomplished with love Nevertheless, the merchantdecided to delay his lunch for a few minutes until the boy moved on. The boy had already had experience on theroad with Gypsies; they also traveled, but they had no flocks of sheep.People said that Gypsies spent their lives tricking others. Did you see the garden that it took the mastergardener ten years to create? Full text of "The Alchemist" It wasn't exactly that they were secrets; God revealed his secretseasily to all his creatures.He had only one explanation for this fact: things have to be transmitted this But they couldnever have taught him Arabic.There are probably other things in the world that the sheep can't teach me,thought the boy as he regarded the old merchant. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 23 / 94trying to tell him not to trust that man. But maybe I'llnever have another chance to get to the Pyramids in Egypt. \"You and I aren't like Hassan, that richmerchant. pdf | Brahim EL FEZZAZI - Academia.edu Download Free PDF The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. Bycoincidenceor maybe it was an omen, the boy thoughthe came to thebar he had entered on his first day there. Something brightreflected from his chest with such intensity that the boy was momentarilyblinded. He really was aking, a wise king.The hills of Andalusia were only two hours away, but there was an entiredesert between him and the Pyramids. On the very first page itdescribed a burial ceremony. tags: inspirational. If I don't find it, I can always go home. Maybe God created the desert so that mancould appreciate the date trees, he thought.He decided to concentrate on more practical matters. I don't know how animals know the age of humanbeings.\"\"Tell me more about your dream,\" said the woman. The story of the treasures Santiago finds along . The miner was about to give it all up, right atthe point when, if he were to examine just one more stonejust one morehe would find his emerald. Published 1992. He had surprised himself with the thought.Until then, he had considered the omens to be things of this world. They filled threesacks. He had worked for an entire year to make a dream cometrue, and that dream, minute by minute, was becoming less important.Maybe because that wasn't really his dream.Who knows maybe it's better to be like the crystal merchant: never go toMecca, and just go through life wanting to do so, he thought, again tryingto convince himself. The book was written inSpanish. He didn't know the man yet, but his practiced eyewould recognize him when he appeared. So he could not be hasty, nor impatient. Eventhough the sheep didn't teach me to speak Arabic.But the sheep had taught him something even more important: that therewas a language in the world that everyone understood, a language the boyhad used throughout the time that he was trying to improve things at theshop. Even meI haven't thought ofother women since I met the merchant's daughter. Yet the boy felt that there wasanother way to regard his situation: he was actually two hours closer to histreasure the fact that the two hours had stretched into an entire yeardidn't matter.I know why I want to get back to my flock, he thought. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 39 / 94There were almost two hundred people gathered there, and four hundredanimalscamels, horses, mules, and fowl. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 29 / 94\"I want to get back to my sheep faster. \"The fifth obligation of every Muslim is a pilgrimage. Buthe was excited at his intuitive understanding of the camel driver's comment:maybe he was also learning the universal language that deals with the pastand the present of all people. A lawyer. He took Urim and Thummim fromhis pocket, and began playing with them.The stranger shouted, \"Urim and Thummim!\"In a flash the boy put them back in his pocket.\"They're not for sale,\" he said.\"They're not worth much,\" the Englishman answered. Taking the jacket out, he began to clean theglasses. Maybe she didn't even remember him. Fromatop its walls, one can catch a glimpse of Africa. He hadexchanged six sheep for two precious stones that had been taken from agold breastplate. In the desert, disobedience means death.\"There was a murmur from the crowd. I'm going to become bitter and distrustful of people because oneperson betrayed me. You can publish your book online for free in a few minutes! 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