"The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times."

[abeal2]

The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream

this book sold over 20 million copies and has been translated into 50 something languages.

a quote from the book:
"The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times."

can someone explain the meaning of this quote to me?

 

[Goosemaster]

Resistance is not futile.

 

[Goosemaster]

 

[kirkaptain]

"get up" = erection


I'll expain when you're older

 

[hypn0tik]

Keep trying.

 

[etalns]

Originally posted by: hypn0tik
Keep trying.

Exactly.

How could you not get that?

 

[Goosemaster]

Life is about constantly facing resistance and continuing to tread through the mud, though the sh!t, thought the pain, through the anguish, in the hopes that at for at least one moment, one fraction of time in the span that is existance, one can claim themself champion, claim themself free, claim themself the undisputed ruler and undisputed despot of their house.

Life is about fighting to experience joy, if not just for a moment, in ones life.

 

[Gunslinger08]

Good book. One of Paulo's best.

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: Qosis

Originally posted by: hypn0tik
Keep trying.

Exactly.

How could you not get that?

 

[spunkz]

think Abraham Lincoln

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: spunkz
think Abraham Lincoln

he didn't get up

he got knocked the fvk down

 

[Cooler]

"Effort is never wasted."

 

[JLGatsby]

Think and Grow Rich is a better book.

 

[Howard]

After you fall 7 times, you won't fall anymore.

Or, the 8th time's the charm.

 

[MazerRackham]

It means that
I AM HOLDING A GREEN FOLDER.

 

[Jeff7]

Well let's see, you get up the first time when you learn to walk.
That leaves 7 getting ups.
So you fall 7 times, and get up 7 times. Net gain: 1 get up, and it's used at the start of life. Psh. Big deal.

Originally posted by: MazerRackham
It means that
I AM HOLDING A GREEN FOLDER.

Dude listen, not everyone in the world has a green folder, so stop shoving it in our faces.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: MazerRackham
It means that
I AM HOLDING A GREEN FOLDER.

:laugh:

 

[FrozenCanadian]

Originally posted by: abeal2
a quote from the book:
"The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times."

Darn and I gave up at 6. I should have kept trying.

 

[Yossarian]

it means you are a bad rollerskater

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: abeal2
a quote from the book: "The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times."

can someone explain the meaning of this quote to me?

Don't you watch martial arts movies? This is a training regimen where the monks push you down, you get up, they push you down again.

It builds strength and flexibility, both of which help keep you alive.


Nah, it's just a $25 book way of saying "if at first you don't succeed, try try again." Aren't you glad he has your money now?

 

[HN]

it means if at first you don't succeed, do something else.

that or you're seven times a failure and don't know when to quit.

 

[Legendary]

Just more proof people won't accept a simple, effective opinion unless they pay for it.

 

[Kaieye]

Didn't Winston Churhill say something about never,never,never,never give up...

 

[Gunslinger08]

Originally posted by: Legendary
Just more proof people won't accept a simple, effective opinion unless they pay for it.

Read the book and you'll see there's much more than that to it.

 

[oboeguy]

Don't posters get banned for referral links?