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The Alchemist Quotes

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In the book The Alchemist there are alot of quotes meaning and lessons and a lot of meaningful things throughout reading the book. There are alot of life lessons in the Alchemist that all of us can relate to but the one that stood out to me the most was when in page 55 when santiago told the crystal merchant the owner of the crystal shop santiago told him “We have to take advantage when luck is on our side” that really stood out to me. Another quote that stood to me was on page 98 when The Alchemist said to the Englishmen he said “go and try”. A quote that is like a life lesson was when in page 35 the wise men was telling the story to santiago and the wise men said “The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world and never …show more content…

It could be luck or it can just be your time so you shouldn't waste it and do something with it like Santiago was saying take the advantage or it can also be that you're taking a risk. It could be your time to take that risk and take advantage that things are going your way and you get lucky you should keep going. I can relate to this quote. I feel like when it’s my time to shine or it’s about that time when. I see things start going your way for right now. I don't feel like things are not going my way. I'm not getting any luck at all but when I see that luck or I know it’s my time I'm going to take advantage and not waste it. For example I start seeing more money coming in and everything is going good and I'm not stressed. I'm going to take advantage of that and not waste that luck even if it’s for a little. I feel like my luck has come yet but when it does i'm going to take advantage. I didn’t really think like that at first but the Alchemist made me believe that luck is real and one day I'll get that …show more content…

I feel like this means to go out there and just try that thing you want just at least try to do that thing even if you can do that thing or get that thing done you should at least try because then you know you can’t do it but at least you know that you tried. You gotta go out there and try, you have to go out there and try new things, try to do things on your own. That is why I think the Alchemist just wanted to let the Englishman find his own way and struggled because that’s when you learn more when you have struggled. I can relate and I really like this quote. This quote is only a few words but if you think about it it is very powerful “go and try”. These are very strong words to me and help me out when I read this in the book The Alchemist. It made me want to go and try. I can relate to this because even if things are not going my way and i just want to tap out i don’t i just go and try. It makes me wanna keep trying and keep going. My grades were not good at all but then I remember what they said in the book “go and try” so I tried and my grades did get a little better because I tried to put my grades up and the work paid off even if it was a little. I feel like in life you are going to come across a lot of challenges but as long as you go and try and keep pushing you would be ok. These quotes are very

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