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""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.""
"You must always know what it is that you want."
"If you can concentrate always on the present, you'll be a happy man."
"You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it's better to listen to what it has to say."
"In the end, alchemy, whether it is metallurgical or financial, fails. A base business can not be transformed into a golden business by tricks of accounting or capital structure. The man claiming to be a financial alchemist may become rich. But gullible investors rather than business achievements will usually be the source of his wealth."
"You are an alchemist; make gold of that."
"There was a language in the world that everyone understood, a language the boy had used throughout the time that he was trying to improve things at the shop. It was the language of enthusiasm, of things accomplished with love and purpose, and as part of a search for something believed in and desired."
"Everyone on earth has a treasure that awaits him."
"His way isn't the same as mine, nor mine as his. But we're both in search of our destinies, and I respect him for that."
"Don't forget that everything you deal with is only one thing and nothing else."
"The language of enthusiasm, of things accomplished with love and purpose, and as part of a search for something believed in and desired."
"When we send Love in response to hate, we become spiritual alchemists."
"It is said that all people who are happy have God within them."
"We have to take advantage when luck is on our side, and do as much to help it as it's doing to help us."
"The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon."
"When you possess great treasures within you and try to tell others of them, seldom are you believed."
"If you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better."
"God has prepared a path for everyone to follow."
"He had to choose between something he had become accustomed to and something he wanted to have."
"To realize one's destiny is a person's only obligation."
