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. tags: inspirational. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 2 / 94I wanted to sleep a little longer, he thought. He was thinking about omens, and someone hadappeared.\"How come you speak Spanish?\" he asked. Then she again took his hands andstudied them carefully.\"I'm not going to charge you anything now,\" she said. He also tried to remembersome good stories to relate as he sheared the sheep. \"I hold thepower of life and death for every person I take with me. Please enter a valid web address. For five years he hadbeen working a certain river, and had examined hundreds of thousands ofstones looking for an emerald. He told himself that he would have to startreading thicker books: they lasted longer, and made more comfortablepillows.It was still dark when he awoke, and, looking up, he could see the starsthrough the half-destroyed roof. They reminded him of the old man.\"When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you toachieve it,\" he had said.The boy was trying to understand the truth of what the old man had said.There he was in the empty marketplace, without a cent to his name, andwith not a sheep to guard through the night. And the names of the people involved werevery difficult to pronounce. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 40 / 94But, in the desert, there was only the sound of the eternal wind, and of thehoofbeats of the animals. I just want to dream aboutMecca. There was a small building there, with awindow at which people bought tickets to Africa. Sothere were times when he read them parts of his books that had made animpression on him, or when he would tell them of the loneliness or thehappiness of a shepherd in the fields. An alchemist would probably live ina manner that was different from that of the rest of the people at the oasis,and it was likely that in his tent an oven was continuously burning. The Alchemist Quotes Showing 1-30 of 2,288. With the girl withthe raven hair, his days would never be the same again.But finally the merchant appeared, and asked the boy to shear four sheep.He paid for the wool and asked the shepherd to come back the followingyear. The two men exchangedsome words in Arabic, and the bar owner seemed irritated.\"Let's get out of here\" said the new arrival. The animals balked at such places, and the camel drivers wereforced to dismount and unburden their charges. The Soul of the World is nourished bypeople's happiness. (PDF) The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. On the otherhand, I don't know if the desert can be a friend, and it's in the desert that Ihave to search for my treasure. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 44 / 94The book that most interested the boy told the stories of the famousalchemists. Itwas there that the wise man lived.\"Rather than finding a saintly man, though, our hero, on entering the mainroom of the castle, saw a hive of activity: tradesmen came and went,people were conversing in the corners, a small orchestra was playing softmusic, and there was a table covered with platters of the most deliciousfood in that part of the world. I'm used to theway I am.\"The boy didn't know what to say. The ideafrightened him.\"Another dreamer,\" said the ticket seller to his assistant, watching the boywalk away. It's easy, andyet I've never done it before, he thought.When the stall was assembled, the candy seller offered the boy the firstsweet he had made for the day. Ashe did so, both of them pushed through a hole in the pouch and fell to theground. He had done this for years, and knew the schedule of everyonewho passed. Select files or add your book in reader. An illustration of two cells of a film strip. Noteveryone can see his dreams come true in the same way. If it were, hewould already have heard of it.\"And what do you do in Salem?\" he insisted.\"What do I do in Salem?\" The old man laughed. But he knew that Salem wasn't in Andalusia. The boy promisedhimself that, when he returned from Egypt, he would buy that sword.\"Ask the owner of that stall how much the sword costs,\" he said to hisfriend. \"They are so used tome that they know my schedule,\" he muttered. *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 went over to the bakery and bought a loaf of bread, thinkingabout whether or not he should tell the baker what the old man had saidabout him. He has the dream every time he sleeps under a sycamore tree that grows out of the ruins of a church. Something brightreflected from his chest with such intensity that the boy was momentarilyblinded. \"Why are you telling me all this?\"\"Because you are trying to realize your destiny. \"They're only made ofrock crystal, and there are millions of rock crystals in the earth. They spoke about mercury, salt, dragons, andkings, and he didn't understand any of it. But, finally, he agreed that the boy,who spoke better Arabic than he, should do so. And he knew that shepherds, likeseamen and like traveling salesmen, always found a town where there wassomeone who could make them forget the joys of carefree wandering.The day was dawning, and the shepherd urged his sheep in the direction ofthe sun. From then on, he would make his owndecisions.\"Don't forget that everything you deal with is only one thing and nothingelse. I am in search of that universal language, amongother things. Video An illustration of an audio speaker. They were his treasure. Every step has to be followedexactly as it was followed by the masters.\"The boy learned that the liquid part of the Master Work was called the Elixirof Life, and that it cured all illnesses; it also kept the alchemist fromgrowing old. But in the crystal shop you probably realized thateven the glasses were collaborating in your success.\"The boy thought about that for a while as he looked at the moon and thebleached sands. In one he had read that, many years ago, afamous Arabian alchemist had visited Europe. 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. He recognized that he was feeling something he had neverexperienced before: the desire to live in one place forever. Sonow I'm a camel driver. But theonly God I serve is Allah, and in his name I swear that I will do everythingpossible once again to win out over the desert. *The boy awoke before dawn. 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. He wept because God was unfair, and because this wasthe way God repaid those who believed in their dreams.When I had my sheep, I was happy, and I made those around me happy.People saw me coming and welcomed me, he thought. When he had gone only a short distance, he realized that, whilethey were erecting the stall, one of them had spoken Arabic and the otherSpanish.And they had understood each other perfectly well.There must be a language that doesn't depend on words, the boy thought.I've already had that experience with my sheep, and now it's happening withpeople. \"There's a caravan leaving todayfor Al-Fayoum.\"\"But I'm going to Egypt,\" the boy said.\"Al-Fayoum is in Egypt,\" said the Arab. He had discovered that thepresence of a certain bird meant that a snake was nearby, and that acertain shrub was a sign that there was water in the area. The Alchemist: 25th Anniversary Edition by Paulo Coelho fThe Alchemist: 25th Anniversary Edition PDF The Alchemist: 25th Anniversary Edition by by Paulo Coelho This The Alchemist: 25th Anniversary Edition book is not really ordinary book, you have it then the world is in your hands. Swear that you will give me one-tenth of your treasurein exchange for what I am going to tell you.\"The shepherd swore that he would. *Then one day the boy returned the books to the Englishman. The merchants were assembling theirstalls, and the boy helped a candy seller to do his. His eyes filled with tears as he spoke of the Prophet. The Englishman had been profoundly impressedby the story. \"Tangier is not like the rest of Africa. You can publish your book online for free in a few minutes! Now, I can see that it hasn't been too bad. A huge wooden cross. But he was ableto understand one thing: making a decision was only the beginning ofthings. \"Everyone has his or her own way of learning things,\"he said to himself. The boythought back to that conversation with his father, and felt happy; he hadalready seen many castles and met many women (but none the equal of theone who awaited him several days hence). Theowner of the bar came over and looked, as well. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 32 / 94begin to sell tea in the crystal glasses. He had been to the village only once, the year before. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 50 / 94here at the oasis.\"The woman said she had never heard of such a person, and hurried away.But before she fled, she advised the boy that he had better not try toconverse with women who were dressed in black, because they weremarried women. 2 of 25. Sometimes it's better to be withthe sheep, who don't say anything. If I don't find it, I can always go home. 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. \"It's like the camel driver said:'Eat when it's time to eat. 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. As theysat around the fire, the camel drivers exchanged information about He was about the same age and height as the boy.\"Almost everyone here speaks Spanish. Did you see the garden that it took the mastergardener ten years to create? Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 22 / 94The boy wanted to believe that his friend had simply become separatedfrom him by accident. He remembered thesword. They climb themountain to see the castle, and they wind up thinking that the past wasbetter than what we have now. He had suddenly remembered that, in Tarifa, there was an old womanwho interpreted dreams. This is aport, and every port has its thieves.\"The boy trusted his new friend. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 14 / 94\"Treasure is uncovered by the force of flowing water, and it is buried by thesame currents,\" said the old man. God hasprepared a path for everyone to follow. If he were to tire of the Andalusianfields, he could sell his sheep and go to sea. Inhis pursuit of the dream, he was being constantly subjected to tests of hispersistence and courage. And I will tellyou how to find the hidden treasure. The Alchemist - read free eBook by Paolo Coelho in online reader directly on the web page. Butwe're both in search of our destinies, and I respect him for that.\" *The caravan began to travel day and night. The merchant spent the entire day mumbling behind the counter,telling the boy to be careful with the pieces and not to break anything.But he stayed with the job because the merchant, although he was an oldgrouch, treated him fairly; the boy received a good commission for eachpiece he sold, and had already been able to put some money aside. Then leave with the caravan. Please enter a valid web address. That's what helpsme face these days that are all the same, these mute crystals on theshelves, and lunch and dinner at that same horrible caf? They were content with just food and water, and, in exchange, theygenerously gave of their wool, their company, andonce in a whiletheirmeat.If I became a monster today, and decided to kill them, one by one, theywould become aware only after most of the flock had been slaughtered,thought the boy. The old man had said to ask very clear questions, and to dothat, the boy had to know what he wanted. A small sliver of the stone can transform large quantities of metalinto gold.\"Having heard that, the boy became even more interested in alchemy. 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. But hewanted to know what the \"mysterious force\" was; the merchant's daughterwould be impressed when he told her about that!\"It's a force that appears to be negative, but actually shows you how torealize your destiny. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 38 / 94talking about, \"It's in the Bible. They trust me, and they've forgotten how to rely on theirown instincts, because I lead them to nourishment. There had been a time when he thought that his sheep couldteach him everything he needed to know about the world. The Alchemist tells the story of a young shepherd named Santiago who is able to find a treasure beyond his wildest dreams. 12 by Ben Jonson. Hewas selling better than ever as if time had turned back to the old dayswhen the street had been one of Tangier's major attractions.\"Business has really improved,\" he said to the boy, after the customer hadleft. So, he asked if the old man'sblessing was still with him.He took out one of the stones. 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. I learned how Yes, their days were all the same, with the seemingly endless hoursbetween sunrise and dusk; and they had never read a book in their younglives, and didn't understand when the boy told them about the sights of thecities. There were no wolves in theregion, but once an animal had strayed during the night, and the boy hadhad to spend the entire next day searching for it.He swept the floor with his jacket and lay down, using the book he had justfinished reading as a pillow. He remembered that he had a number of things he had to takecare of: he went to the market for something to eat, he traded his book forone that was thicker, and he found a bench in the plaza where he couldsample the new wine he had bought. He had already imagined the scene manytimes; every time, the girl became fascinated when he explained that thesheep had to be sheared from back to front. In some places, the ground was covered with the salt of dried-up lakes. Now everything was quite different from how it was that day theyhad set out: then, there had been confusion and shouting, the cries ofchildren and the whinnying of animals, all mixed with the nervous orders ofthe guides and the merchants. The sheep fidgeted nearby, uneasy with their newowner and excited by so much change. He was afraid to look around, because he knew what hewould find. She hada vessel on her shoulder, and her head was covered by a veil, but her face. And he hadforgotten to mention that, when you have enough money to buy a flocklarger than the one you had before, you should buy it.The boy picked up his pouch and put it with his other things. "And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.". Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 49 / 94\"It helped me to trust in people,\" the Englishman answered.Meanwhile, the boy thought about his treasure. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 26 / 94\"I can clean up those glasses in the window, if you want,\" said the boy.\"The way they look now, nobody is going to want to buy them.\"The man looked at him without responding.\"In exchange, you could give me something to eat.\"The man still said nothing, and the boy sensed that he was going to have tomake a decision. But use them to buy your flock. 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. *The boy began again to read his book, but he was no longer able toconcentrate. The nearby city of Ceuta hadgrown faster than Tangier, and business had fallen off. But, just before lunchtime, a boy stopped in front of the shop.He was dressed normally, but the practiced eyes of the crystal merchantcould see that the boy had no money to spend. There was nothing tohold him back except himself. It was the time of day when all of Spain slept duringthe summer. These stones were the only form of divination permitted byGod. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 27 / 94asleep. He should respect tradition.The Englishman was disappointed. Anyway, the boy had becomehappy in his work, and thought all the time about the day when he woulddisembark at Tarifa as a winner.\"You must always know what it is that you want,\" the old king had said. \"And todo that, you need money. \"You and I aren't like Hassan, that richmerchant. But, most important, hewas able every day to live out his dream. Neither the woman nor the old man were at allimpressed by the fact that he was a shepherd. What he had to beconcerned about was his treasure, and how he was going to go aboutgetting it. The boyand the Englishman had bought camels, and climbed uncertainly onto theirbacks. But the marketplace was empty, and he was far fromhome, so he wept. The sheep, the merchant's daughter, and thefields of Andalusia were only steps along the way to his destiny.The next day, the boy met the old man at noon. And joining this caravan may havebeen my decision, but where it goes is going to be a mystery to me.Nearby was the Englishman, reading a book. Maybe she didn't even remember him. He had not a cent in his pocket, but he had faith. Nevertheless, the merchantdecided to delay his lunch for a few minutes until the boy moved on. Like this book? A friend had told the boy about the shop, and he had taken hissheep there. I thoughtthat someday I'd be rich, and could go to Mecca. And the leader posted armed sentinels at the fringes of the group.The Englishman was unable to sleep one night. He could always go back to being ashepherd. The boy wasstrong, and wanted to retaliate, but he was in a foreign country. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 34 / 94and purpose, and as part of a search for something believed in and desired.Tangier was no longer a strange city, and he felt that, just as he hadconquered this place, he could conquer the world.\"When you want something, all the universe conspires to help you achieveit,\" the old king had said.But the old king hadn't said anything about being robbed, or about endlessdeserts, or about people who know what their dreams are but don't want torealize them. He didn't need to seek out the oldwoman for this! All they think about is food and water.Maybe we're all that way, the boy mused. The old man knew how to read, and had alreadyread the book. They have blond hair, or dark skin, butbasically they're the same as the people who live right here.\"\"But I'd like to see the castles in the towns where they live,\" the boyexplained.\"Those people, when they see our land, say that they would like to live hereforever,\" his father continued.\"Well, I'd like to see their land, and see how they live,\" said his son.\"The people who come here have a lot of money to spend, so they can He never realized thatpeople are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.\"\"He should have decided to become a shepherd,\" the boy said. He continued to look at the beautiful sword for a bit longer, untilhe summoned the courage to turn around.All around him was the market, with people coming and going, shouting andbuying, and the aroma of strange foods but nowhere could he find hisnew companion. And, when someone was in such pursuit, the entire universe madean effort to help him succeedthat's what the old king had said. 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