Humankind Cannot Gain Anything Without First Giving…

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…

— Hiromu Arakawa

“Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's first law…

— Hiromu Arakawa

Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemys first law…

— Alphonse Elric

“If the ways of this world are based on equivalent exchange, as alchemy says, then in order to allow for a new generation to…

— Hiromu Arakawa

To obtain something, something of equal value must be given.

— Hiromu Arakawa

To obtain something, something of equal value must be lost.

— Hiromu Arakawa

Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost

— Fullmetal Alchemist

Everybody can close their eyes, picture a dream house or a perfect place [where] they'd like to have a picnic. But actually creating it…

— Billy Corgan

“Introspection does not need to be a still life. It can be an active alchemy.”

— Anaïs Nin

Every human being has gone through a tragedy of sorts. And the idea is that you have two paths you can take, you can…

— Jillian Michaels

“You must learn to bend to open windows, my friend. That is why artists and dancers are closest to God. They clench their chests…

— Suzy Kassem

“Art is Alchemy.”

— ELLE NICOLAI

“...the world is only the visible aspect of God. And that what alchemy does is to bring spiritual perfection into contact with the material…

— Paulo Coelho

As in the instances of alchemy, astrology, witchcraft, and other such popular creeds, political economy, has a plausible idea at the root of it.

— John Ruskin

“I went because I was interested in the alchemy of issues.”

— Joan Didion