The Alchemist

"Reading The alchemist was like getting up at dawn and seeing the sun rise while the rest of the world still slept." - An American publisher.

"Reading Paulo Coelho, thinking Tal-Ben Shahar was like hearing awake voices while most/many people are sleeping away their whole life." - Ran

"I weep for Narcissus, but never noticed that Narcissus was beautiful. I weep because, each time he knelt beside my banks, I could see, in the depths of his eyes, my own beauty reflected." - A perspective. 

Destiny. Kongzi (Confucius, 孔子, Kǒngzǐ) said he got aware of his destiny at the age of fifty. Coelho enlighten about destiny in his books. Tal encourages you to find your destiny, your calling, and provides you methods to strengthen yourself.

"The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon." vs "Attaining lasting happiness requires that we enjoy the jouney on our way toward a destination we deem valuable." 

“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” - Paulo Coelho

"When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” 

“It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting”. “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure”. “The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.” 

Have you noticed these two words, destiny and destination? :-)