“When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too.”

“When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”

“That’s what alchemists do. They show that, when we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too.”

“when we love we strive to become better than we are”

“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.”

“and the world we live in will be either better or worse, depending on whether we become better or worse. And that's where the power of love comes in. Because when we love, we always strive to become better than we are.”

“We can never found the soul, just as we can never wound God, but we become imprisoned by our memories, and that makes our lives wretched, even when we have everything we need in order to be happy.”