Top Five ?? Quotes From The Alchemist
This book is one of my favorite books.
Introduced to me by my husband, I've read it over a dozen times, and each time, something else sticks out.
If you are on a journey of transformation and change, these five ?? quotes and my interpretation might be for you:
1. "It is not often that money can save a man's life."
I once got shade because I said I value generational health over generational wealth. Welp, you can't create wealth if you don’t have health. This quote in the book is fire because it’s so true. While money can do a lot, it can’t do it all.
2. "When you are on your personal legend, the universe conspires for you."
This one right here gets me. When I get frustrated with the no’s, the no-replies, the rejections—it’s nine times out of ten, more often than not, pretty much always because I’m not in pursuit of my Personal Legend—I’m in pursuit of my personal comfort.
Y’all read that and play it back.
What is for me will be for me—but I tend to dabble in areas of detour and then wonder why I haven’t made it to my destination. This quote and insight might not be for you, but it’s for me all the way.
In the words of someone who grew up in an?evangelistic Baptist church,?I just need?one witness?to say?"AMEN."
3. "Maktub - It is written."
Very simply—what will be, will be. I trust that. It speaks for itself.
4. "Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself."
I could put on a full-on rehearsal, production, and live show for a party of one—me.
Creating the fear of something is often worse than the something that will happen.
Shortly after I left the homeless cycle for a good seven years, I had this deep fear of being homeless again. This might not sound like a big deal, but what happened was—all of my actions aligned with that fear.
I was sometimes snappy, made reactive decisions, and was unkind to my kids—all because I felt the need to control everything. I don’t carry that fear anymore, but this quote is fire because it’s so true—when we operate from fear, we end up creating the very circumstances we don’t want.
The universe hears your vibration before your words.
And when fear enters the heart, it becomes part of the being—and a being that operates from fear is dangerous. Fear clouds judgment, twists reality, and turns survival into the only goal, even at the cost of love, trust, and peace.
5. "When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too."
This one really speaks to me because as I improve my being and way of being, everything else improves as well.
Tupac said, "Change the way you eat, change the way you live, and change the way we treat each other."
Because I do sense that what we put in our bodies influences our daily lives, and our daily lives influence how we interact with others.
When we level up in consciousness, knowledge, and wisdom, so do those around us.
This isn’t linear, but it is through proximity that we learn.
This is one of my favorite books because each time I see and get something different.
Have you read The Alchemist? If so, which quote or part of the book stands out to you?
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Wherever you are in your journey, I am sending you tons of light and love!
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My name is Charisse Fontes, and I write about workplace culture ??, humanity ??, and high-vibe things ???.
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