Along the way he meets many spiritual messengers, who come in unassuming forms such as a camel driver and a well-read Englishman. In one of the Englishman's books, Santiago first learns about the alchemists--men who believed that if a metal were heated for many years, it would free itself of all its individual properties, and what was left would be the "Soul of the World." Of course he does eventually meet an alchemist, and the ensuing student-teacher relationship clarifies much of the boy's misguided agenda, while also emboldening him to stay true to his dreams. "My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer," the boy confides to the alchemist one night as they look up at a moonless night.
"Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself," the alchemist replies. "And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity." --Gail Hudson
i really enjoyed the book. sometimes you are traveling with only a backpack to your name and a slim book like this speaks volumes~
gave me gentle reminders and heartfelt encourgement
I though this book was alright, if you're one for thoughtful content. The plot isn't too interesting, a lot of metaphores. The point of the book is to is to make you think about the question of whether humans have control over their lives or whether a thing like destiny exhists. The book takes a position, I think at least, and is sort of trying to persuade the reader to believe if they don't. It was nothing life changing, just some food for thought, I wouldn't read this book again.
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Source: The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream, Page: 34 35 36 37 38 39
Contributed by: Vanessagirl2008.
Hey love the book it looks like a good book!!!!!!!
Source: The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream, Page: 135
Contributed by: Mary Maslowski nee Ceglarek.
Once upon a time a vivisor came to the monastery looking for the purpose and meaning of life.
The teacher said to the visitor, 'If what you seek is Truth, there is one thing you must have above all else.'
“I know,” said the visitor. “To find truth I must have an overwhelming passion for it.”
“No,” the Teacher said. “In order to find Truth, you must have an unremitting readiness to admit you may be wrong.”
inspiration
This fable is full of pricless gems of wisdom. As a child I was read fairy tales that led me to belive in fantasy, it would have been a greater gift to have been read the Alchemist fable, where I could see the truth.