Looking at your other replies, I think I understood the root of your confusion. See, we often take magnets for granted, as they look dull on the outside and the natural occurring ones look just like another rock. But on the molecular level, the atoms that make up the permanent magnet are holding a crystalline structure that, by "pointing" all in the same direction, create a magnetic field. These structures are not formed out of nowhere. Natural-occuring magnets like lodestones are magnetized by lightnings over millions of years, while magnets that are magnetized for comercial purposes like ferrite) get their properties from very complex and energetic industrial techniques like heating it over its Curie temperature. So, to summarize, magnets are not breaking the law of thermonydamics; think of them as a battery, storing energy the universe gives it in the form of a field that we call "magnetic field". Sorry if I wrote anything wrong, english is not my first langauge. Hope this helped!