{"id":5497,"date":"2022-09-04T10:44:35","date_gmt":"2022-09-04T10:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precog.iiit.ac.in\/blog\/?p=5497"},"modified":"2022-09-05T15:26:01","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T15:26:01","slug":"excerpts-from-the-alchemist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precog.iiit.ac.in\/blog\/?p=5497","title":{"rendered":"Excerpts from \u201cThe Alchemist: A Fabble About Following Your Deam\u201d by Paulo Coelho"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While reading the book Will by Will Smith, he mentions [my blog on excerpts from the book<\/a>] one of the influential books for him was The Alchemist<\/a>. I decided to read it. Keeping the recent tradition of buying one book per travel [not sure how long will I be able to continue doing this :)], bought this book. It was a fantastic decision, I am going to rate this book very high in my reading list recommendations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[Page 10] It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.<\/p>

[14] It’s the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary; only wise men are able to understand them.<\/p>

[30] The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.<\/p>

[34] when you really want something, the universe always conspires in your favour<\/p>

[39] “Learn to recognise omens, and follow them” the old king had said.<\/p>

[75] in alchemy, it’s called the Soul of the World. When you want something with all your heart, that’s when you are closest to the soul of the world. It’s always a positive force.<\/p>

[85] If he pushed forward impulsively, he would fail to see the signs and omens left by God along his path.<\/p>

[111] Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.<\/p>

[111] Show me where there is life out in the desert. Only those who can see such signs of life are able to find treasure.<\/p>

[116] One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.<\/p>

[128] When you possess great pressures within you, and try to tell others of them, seldom are you believed.<\/p>

[132] And anyone who interferes with the destiny of another thing never will discover his own.<\/p>

[148] Every thing that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While reading the book Will by Will Smith, he mentions [my blog on excerpts from the book] one of the influential books for him was The Alchemist. I decided to read it. Keeping the recent tradition of buying one book per travel [not sure how long will I be able to continue doing this :)], bought this book. It was a fantastic decision, I am going to rate this book very high in my reading list recommendations. [Page 10] It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting. [14] It’s the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary; only wise men are able to understand them. [30] The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon. [34] when you really want something, the universe always conspires in your favour [39] “Learn to recognise omens, and follow them” the old king had said. [75] in alchemy, it’s called the Soul of the World. When you want something with all your heart, that’s when you are closest to the soul of the world. It’s always a positive force. [85] If he pushed forward impulsively, he would fail to see the signs and omens left by God along his path. [111] Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure. [111] Show me where there is life out in the desert. Only those who can see such signs of life are able to find treasure. [116] One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving. [128] When you possess great pressures within you, and try to tell others of them, seldom are you believed. [132] And anyone who interferes with the destiny of another thing never will discover his own. [148] Every thing that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1452,1530],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-excerpts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/precog.iiit.ac.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/precog.iiit.ac.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/precog.iiit.ac.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/precog.iiit.ac.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/precog.iiit.ac.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5497"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/precog.iiit.ac.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5509,"href":"https:\/\/precog.iiit.ac.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5497\/revisions\/5509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/precog.iiit.ac.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/precog.iiit.ac.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/precog.iiit.ac.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}