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• 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.

  Joseph Addison

  Desire, Contentment, Stones

  Joseph Addison (1857). “Essays, Moral and Humorous. Also Essays on Imagination and Taste”, p.162

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• 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.

  Warren Buffett

  Men, Investing, May

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• I promised myself as a kid that I would not become that guy. So I have my finger on the pulse of what is going on and I love relevant music today. We are talking about artists like Kendrick Lamar, School Boy Q, Absoul, that whole crew. Of course Evidence and Alchemist, those guys are my brothers and I love those guys, they have been lifelong friends but I have always sort of looked up to them artistically.

  Shane Bunting

  Brother, Kids, School

  Source: 411mania.com

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• 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.

  Alanis Morissette

  Oil, Years, Lasts

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. May 25, 2013.

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• The American Heritage Dictionary defines crucible as "a place, time, or situation characterized by the confluence of powerful intellectual, social, economic, or political forces; a severe test of patience or belief; a vessel for melting material at high temperatures." A crucible was the vessel in which medieval alchemists attempted to turn base metals into gold. That the alchemists inevitably failed in their audacious attempts doesn't denigrate the power of the crucible as a metaphor for the circumstances that cause an individual to be utterly transformed.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Powerful, Political, Crucible

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• Robert Vavra is one of these artists, part magician, part alchemist, who is able to create a series of photographs in unforgettable compositions. Only visible are the dunes, the blinding fields of flowers and the vast sky, the epic intimacy of Robert Vavra's vision.

  Peter Ustinov

  Flower, Epic, Artist

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• There's no such thing as being cowardly in a fight. ~Edward Elric

  Hiromu Arakawa

  Fighting, Cowardly

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• God created the visible world so that, through its visible objects, men could understand his spiritual teachings and the marvels of his wisdom

  Paulo Coelho

  Spiritual, Teaching, Men

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• Everyone, when they are young, knows what their destiny is.

  Paulo Coelho

  Destiny, Personal Legend, Young

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• Do you believe then that the sciences would ever have arisen and become great if there had not before hand been magicians, alchemists, astrologers and wizards, who thirsted and hungered after abscondite and forbidden powers?

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Believe, Science, Hands

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• And, when you can't go back, you have to worry only about the best way of moving forward.

  Paulo Coelho

  Powerful, Moving, Worry

  Paulo Coelho (1998). “The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition”, HarperSanFrancisco

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• 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.

  Richelle Mead

  Virginia, Together, West

  Richelle Mead (2010). “Last Sacrifice: A Vampire Academy Novel”, p.196, Penguin

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• Treasure is uncovered by the force of flowing water, and it is buried by the same currents.

  Paulo Coelho

  Water, Treasure, Currents

  Paulo Coelho (1998). “The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition”, HarperSanFrancisco

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• When alchemists first learned how to distill spirits, they called it aqua vitae, the water of life, and far from considering it the work of the devil, they thought the discovery was divinely inspired.

  Gene Logsdon

  Discovery, Aqua, Water Of Life

  "Good Spirits". Book by Gene Logsdon, 1999.

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• People learn, early in their lives, what is their reason for being. Maybe that's why they give up on it so early, too.

  Paulo Coelho

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Paulo Coelho (1998). “The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition”, HarperSanFrancisco

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• Courage is the quality most essential to understanding the language of the world.

  Paulo Coelho

  Understanding, Quality, Essentials

  Paulo Coelho (1998). “The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition”, HarperSanFrancisco

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• 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.

  RZA

  Fire, Burning, Woods

  Source: www.complex.com

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• The only transformer and alchemist that turns everything into gold is love. The only magic against death, aging, ordinary life, is love.

  Anais Nin

  Magic, Gold, Ordinary

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• Bottoms are alchemists who magically transform pain into sex.

  Dossie Easton

  Sex, Pain, Bottom

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• The soul of the world is nourished by people's Happiness.

  Paulo Coelho

  People, Soul, Personal Legend

  Paulo Coelho (2009). “The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.22, Harper Collins

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• Humankind cannot gain something without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. This is Alchemy's First Law of Equivalent Exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world's one, and only, truth.

  Hiromu Arakawa

  Anime, Law, Giving

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• Every search begins with beginner’s luck. And every search ends with the victor’s being severely tested.

  Paulo Coelho

  Luck, Beginners, Purpose

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Apr 15, 2014

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• To realize one's destiny is a person's only obligation.

  Paulo Coelho

  Inspirational, Destiny, Realizing

  Paulo Coelho (1998). “The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition”, HarperSanFrancisco

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• The boy reached through to the Soul of the World, and saw that it was part of the Soul of God. And he saw that the Soul of God was his own soul. And that he, a boy, could perform miracles.

  Paulo Coelho

  Boys, Miracle, Soul

  Paulo Coelho (1998). “The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition”, HarperSanFrancisco

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• In fact, "atheism" is a term that should not even exist. No one ever needs to identify himself as a "non-astrologer" or a "non-alchemist." We do not have words for people who doubt that Elvis is still alive or that aliens have traversed the galaxy only to molest ranchers and their cattle. Atheism is nothing more than the noises reasonable people make in the presence of unjustified religious beliefs.

  Sam Harris

  Religious, Atheist, People

  "Letter to a Christian Nation". Book by Sam Harris, 2006.

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