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“Why do we have to listen to our hearts?" the boy asked. "Because, wherever your heart is, that is where you will find your treasure.”

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Paulo Coelho

Paulo Coelho, born on August 24, 1947, is a renowned Brazilian author and lyricist. His works are characterized by profound philosophical thoughts and rich imagination, with his most famous novel being 'The Alchemist'. more

“What win I, if I gain the thing I seek? A dream, a breath, a froth of fleeting joy. Who buys a minute's mirth to wail a week? Or sells eternity to get a toy? For one sweet grape who will the vine destroy? Or what fond beggar, but to touch the crown, Would with the sceptre straight be strucken down?”

Ifs Dream Joy Winning Week Minutes Sweet Gains Destruction Eternity Breaths Sells Toys Crowns Fleeting Beggar Grapes Vines Mirth

Author:William Shakespeare

“The genuine and simple religion of Jesus will one day be restored: such as it was preached and practiced by Himself.”

Religion Jesus Simple One Day Genuine

Book:Democracy

Source: Democracy

“Character is plot, plot is character.”

Writing Character Plot

Author:F. Scott Fitzgerald

“In life, as in football, the principle to follow is to hit the line hard.”

Life Hard Lines Principles Football

Book:Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century

Source: Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century

“I was wandering around as usual, in my unpleasantly populated sub-conscious.”

Conscious Wander Usual Wandering Around

Author:Dodie Smith

“Only a man who is happy can create happiness in others.”

Men

Author:Paulo Coelho

“Trees for example, carry the memory of rainfal. In their rings we read ancient weather - storms, sunlight and temperatures, the growing seasons of centuries. A forest shares a history which each tree remembers even after it has been felled.”

Has Beens Remember Memories Growing Tree Share Century Example Seasons Ancient Storm Rings Forests Weather Sunlight Temperature

Book:Fugitive Pieces

Source: Fugitive Pieces

“The distinction between sanity and insanity is narrower than a razor’s edge, sharper than a hound’s tooth, more agile than a mule deer. It is more elusive than the merest phantom. Perhaps it does not even exist; perhaps it is a phantom.”

Doe Edges Teeth Insanity Distinction Sanity Elusive Phantoms Deer Razors Hounds Mules

Book:The VALIS Trilogy

Source: The VALIS Trilogy

“How'd you like to gaze at a beer can throughout eternity? It might not be so bad. There'd be nothing to fear.”

Might Eternity Beer

Book:A Scanner Darkly

Source: A Scanner Darkly

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