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he realized that he had to choose between thinking of himself as the poor victim of a thief and as an adventurer in quest of his treasure

perspective... point of view... that's how you take lemons and make lemonade... how you go from wanting to be consoled to consoling..

It's not often that money saves a person's life.

it is usually another person... they usually do something to save you. and if losing money is all it takes to keep you alive and keep you going, well then maybe it's not such a bad predicament

Don't think about what you've left behind

History is important, but it more important to not dwell on the past... the present is what matters...

It is said that the darkest hour of the night comes just before the dawn.

it has been said many times, yet how often do we realize it in our lives?

There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.

that leads me to question, what happens to us once we fail? Given that we do not fear failure, yet fail - that probably means we were not on the right path... or we just keep trying - for a life in pursuit of a dream is probably [because I don't know] better than a life letting the dream die...

At a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fates. That's the world's greatest lie. Whoever you are, or whatever it is that you do, when you really want something, all the universe conspires in helping you achieve it.

if you substitute "universe" with "God", I could probably say that has been my experience throughout my life - without realizing it for most of my life...

When something happens once, it will never happen again. But when it happens twice, it will surely happen a third time.

probability or conspiracy? interesting... almost superstitious... but forewarned is forearmed - so long as it doesn't dictate your path...

Other quotes I liked...

"There is one great truth on this planet: 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... The soul of the world is nourished by people's happiness."

"Life attracts life"

"If what one finds is made of pure matter, it will never spoil. If what you had found was only a moment of light, like the explosion of a star, you would find nothing on your return."

The Alchemist was written by Paulo Coelho in 1988...