“Whether the bear beats the wolf or the wolf beats the bear, the rabbit always loses.”
― The Eye of the World
― The Eye of the World
“Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. 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.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“The fact that the price must be paid is proof it is worth paying.”
― The Eye of the World
― The Eye of the World
“There is a different beauty in simplicity, in a single line placed just so, a single flower among the rocks. The harshness of the stone makes the flower more precious.”
― The Eye of the World
― The Eye of the World
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