The Alchemist Quotes

A king is no king without his people, but a people without their king would be lost as well.

These terrible sociologists, who are the astrologers and alchemists of our twentieth century.

Eat when it's time to eat. And move along when it's time to move along.

If I am really a part of your dream, you'll come back one day.

There is only one way to learn... It's through action.

life is the moment we're living right now.

The boy and his heart had become friends, and neither was capable now of betraying the other.

I'm like everyone else—I see the world in terms of what I would like to see happen, not what actually does.

Because true love never keeps a man from pursuing his destiny

There must be a language that doesn't depend on words.

The future belongs to God, and it is only he who reveals it, under extraordinary circumstances.

I have been told that beauty is the great seducer of men.

As he mused about these things, he realized that he had to choose between thinking of himself as the poor victim of a thief and as an adventurer in quest of his treasure.

It's not what enters men's mouth that is evil," said the alchemist. It's what comes out of their mouths that is.

I decided the Alchemists needed an entire department devoted to handling Adrian Ivashkov.

Okay, so. You, Belikov, the Alchemist, Sonya Karp, Victor Dashkov, and Robert Doru are all hanging out in West Virginia together.” “No,” I said. “No?” “We’re, uh, not in West Virginia.

When she awoke, the world was on fire.

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.

The alchemist of the West has turned stone into glass But my alchemy has transmuted glass into flint Pharaohs of today have stalked me in vain

God only rarely reveals the future. When he does so, it is for one reason: it's a future that was written so as to be altered.

Don't think about what you've left behind.

The dunes are changed by the wind, but the desert never changes. That's the way it will be with our love for each other

You are an alchemist who can turn six beers into an awkward three week relationship.

I want you by my side. Forever. (Full Metal Alchemist)

We alchemists look for talent that can heat up and change. Lukewarm won't do. Halfhearted holding back, well-enough getting by? Not here.

Life becomes interesting for the possibility to fulfill a dream.

The very idea of making shoes by hand boggled her mind.

The Homunculi may have started the war, but we were the ones who carried it out.

Her only way home was to betray her friend.

The "Wet Tongue Gets Stuck To A Frozen Flagpole" attack!

I'm a bit of an alchemist sorceress. I've collected probably 1500 oils from around the planet over the last ten years. I'm kind of obsessed with the sensuality of it.

Love is an alchemist that can transmute poison into food.

When I, who is called a "weapon" or a "monster", fight a real monster, I can fully realize that I am just a "human".

A fear Paul had transformed all these years, like a gifted alchemist, into anger and rebellion.

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.

The closer one gets to realizing his destiny, the more that destiny becomes his true reason for being.

Because there is a force that wants you to realize your Personal Legend; it whets your appetite with a taste of success

I had to be the next family Alchemist. My sister... well, she's older, and usually it's the oldest kid who has to do the job. But, she's kind of... worthless. -Sydney to Rose

I thought Alchemists avoided alcohol the same way they do primary colors.

The labor of the alchemists, who were called artist in their day, is a befitting comparison for a deliberate change of style.

Life doesn´t come with any guarantees. You have to risk it to get the biscuit." - The Alchemist, Paulo Cohelo -

The problem is that they don't even realize that they're walking a new road every day. They don't see that the fields are new and the seasons change. All they think about is food and water

If someone isn't what others want them to be, the others become angry.

… "That at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what´s happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That´s the world´s greatest lie." - The Alchemist, Paulo Cohelo -

The book is a film that takes place in the mind of the reader. That's why we go to movies and say, "Oh, the book is better.

Because, wherever your heart is, that is where you´ll find your treasure

If someone isn't what others want them to be, the other become angry.

Well, then, why should I listen to my heart?""Because you will never again be able to keep it quiet.

Nothing's perfect, the world's not perfect, but it's there for us, trying the best it can. That's what makes it so damn beautiful.

Haven't you ever heard of the saying, "If you want to shoot the general, first shoot the horse!"?' --LinIf you wanna shoot the general, then you should just SHOOT THE GENERAL!' --Ed