Contentment produces, in some measure, all those effects which the alchemist usually ascribes to what he calls the philosopher's stone; and if it does not bring riches, it does the same thing by banishing the desire for them.
life is the moment we're living right now.
In Shakespeare's day it was women who were being burned at the stake as witches. . . not men. The men were thought of as alchemists. But women doing the same thing would be a witch and would be burned.
"This is why alchemy exists," the boy said. "So that everyone will search for his treasure, find it, and then want to be better than he was in his former life. Lead will play its role until the world has no further need for lead; and then lead will have to turn itself into gold. That's what alchemists do. They show that, when we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too. "
It's true; life really is generous to those who pursue their destiny
[Thinking about his first day if he were the Fuhrer] "On that day, all female officers will be required to wear. . . tiny miniskirts!" [Strikes pose] Roy Mustang, The Flame Alchemist, Full metal Alchemist
Once you've got an inspired spark, you've got to strive. You've gotta keep putting wood on it, so they say, to keep it burning. But then there's the alchemist side of it, that's the fire that's burning but it don't burn.
There is only one way to learn. . . It's through action.
Good intentions do not guarantee good results. Somehow Andrew Keates turns works of merit into evenings of entertainment. Don't call him a dramaturge, call him an alchemist.
Well. . . what did you promise exactly? Not to tell anyone that Eric Dragomir had a mistress and baby?" Sonya nodded. "And not to tell who they were?" Sonya nodded again. Sydney gave Sonya the warmest, friendliest smile i'd ever seen on the Alchemist. "Did you promise not to tell anyone where they are?" Sonya nodded, and Sydney's smile faltered a little. Then her eyes lit up. "Did you promise not to LEAD anyone to where they are?
There's no such thing as being cowardly in a fight. ~Edward Elric
Before a dream is realized the soul of the world tests everything that was learned along the way.
Anyone who interferes with the destiny of another thing never will discover his own.
Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure. You've got to find the treasure, so that everything you have learned along the way can make sense.
You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it's better to listen to what it has to say.
I consider myself an alchemist. An alchemist is basically a mystical chemist, right? And one of the great feats that alchemists used to do is they would take lead - just take a chunk of lead - and they could turn lead into gold.
The soul of the world is nourished by people's Happiness.
The only transformer and alchemist that turns everything into gold is love. The only magic against death, aging, ordinary life, is love.
Become an alchemist. Transmute base metal into gold, suffering into consciousness, disaster into enlightenment.
Every blessing ignored becomes a curse. I don't want anything else in life. But you are forcing me to look at wealth and at horizons I have never known. Now that I have seen them, and now that I see how immense my possibilities are, I'm going to feel worse than I did before you arrived. Because I know the things I should be able to accomplish, and I don't want to do so.