Isn't wine prohibited here?" the boy asked. "It's not what enters men's mouths that's evil, " said the alchemist. "It's what comes out of their mouths that is.

Paulo Coelho
Isn't wine prohibited here?
Isn't wine prohibited here?
Isn't wine prohibited here?
Isn't wine prohibited here?
About This Quote

"Isn't wine prohibited here?" the boy asked. "It's not what enters men's mouths that's evil," said the alchemist. "It's what comes out of their mouths that is." This is essentially a lesson in the effects of words and thoughts on people and how we can affect other people. We can always say something to another person, even if it is meant to be a compliment, and the other person may feel hurt or offended.

The idea is that we should speak to each other with kindness and compassion, because those are things that we should wish to receive from others as well as give to others. If we do not wish to receive insults or bad words, then we must never say them. On the contrary, we should only say kind words because those are things that we should wish to give back to others as well as receive from them.

We can also take actions toward others and this will affect them because we should only do things that we wish other people would do for us.

Source: The Alchemist

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