You have been told that, even like a chain, you are as weak as your weakest link.

This is but half the truth.

You are also as strong as your strongest link.

To measure you by your smallest deed is to reckon the power of the ocean by the frailty of its foam.

To judge you by your failures is to cast blame upon the seasons for their inconstancy

 

When I had nothing more to lose, I was given everything. 

When I ceased to be who I am, I found myself.

 When I experienced humiliation and yet kept on walking, I understood that I was free to choose my destiny

 

A Warrior knows that an angel and a devil are both competing for his sword hand.

The devil says: "You will weaken. You will not know exactly when. You are afraid."

 The angel says: "You will weaken. You will not know exactly when. You are afraid."

The Warrior is surprised. Both the angel and the devil have said the same thing.

The devil continues: "Let me help you." 

And the angel says: "I will help you."

At that moment the Warrior understands the difference.

The words may be the same but these two allies are completely different.


And he chooses the angel's hand.

alchemy

 

This is why alchemy exists

 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.

 

I could have.

What does this phrase mean? 

At any given moment in our lives, there are certain things that could have happened but didn't. 

 

Choosing a path means having to miss out on others

 

A rose dreams of enjoying the company of bees, but none appears. 

The sun asks:

“Aren’t you tired of waiting?”

“Yes,” answers the rose, “but if I close my petals, I will wither and die

 

Maybe the journey isn’t so much about becoming anything. 

Maybe it’s about un-becoming everything that isn’t really you, 

so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place.