Our Dreams Are Our Own,

The World Has Never Been As Divided As It Is Now, What With Religious Wars, Genocides, A Lack Of Respect For The Planet, Economic Crisis, Depression, Poverty, With Everyone Wanting Instant Solutions To At Least Some Of The World's Problems Or Their Own. And Things Only Look Bleaker As We Head Into Future.

True Love Does Not Consist In Trying To Correct Others, But In Feeling Joy That Things Are Better Than We Expected.

"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."

No One Loses Anyone, Because No One Owns Anyone. That Is The True Experience Of Freedom: Having The Most Important Thing In The World Without Owning It

Mari Remembered What She Had Read In The Young Girl's Eyes The Moment She Had Come Into The Refectory: Fear. Fear. Veronika Might Feel Insecurity, Shyness, Shame, Constraint, But Why Fear? That Was Only Justifiable When Confronted By A Real Threat: Ferocious Animals, Armed Attackers, Earthquakes, But Not A Group Of People Gathered Together In A Refectory. But Human Beings Are Like That,' She Thought. 'we've Replaced Nearly All Our Emotions With Fear.