3 Best Equivalent Exchange Quotes

A lesson without pain is meaningless. For you cannot gain anything without sacrificing something else in return. But once you have overcome it and made it your own...you will gain an irreplaceable fullmetal heart. – Edward Elric

There's no such thing as a painless lesson. They just don't exist. Sacrifices are necessary. You can't gain anything without losing something first. Although, if you can endure that pain and walk away from it, you'll find that you now have a heart strong enough to overcome any obstacle. Yeah, a fullmetal heart. – Edward Elric

To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's first law of Equivalent Exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world's one, and only, truth. – Alphonse Elric