Paulo Coelho

A Warrior knows when a battle is worth fighting.

A Warrior of the Light does not accept gifts from his enemy.

Often, warriors find their lives meaningless.

With confidence, he open the door of life presented to him.

A Warrior of the Light shares with others what he knows of the path.

The Warrior knows the value of persistence and of courage.

And he never judges someone else's suffering.

When he is forced to perform the same task several times, the Warrior uses this tactic and transforms work into prayer.

For the warrior of light there are no ends, only means. Life carries him from unknown to unknown. Each moment is filled with this thrilling mystery: the warrior does not know where he came from or where he is going.

Open your heart and listen to what it is telling you. Follow your dreams, because only a man who is unashamed of himself can manifest the glory of God.

Love is only a small thing, enough for one person, and any suggestion that the heart might be larger than this is considered perverse.

Often, during combat, the warrior of light receives blows that he was not expecting. And he realizes that, during a war, his enemy is bound to win some of the battles. When this happens, the warrior of light weeps bitter tears and rests in order to recover his energies a little. But he immediately resumes the battle for his dreams.

We must buy jewelry; it identifies us with our tribe, just as body piercing identifies those of a different tribe.

We must eat three meals a day, even if we're not hungry, and when we fail to fit the current ideal of beauty we must fast, even if we're starving.

That is a question we cannot answer before, or even during, the trials. Only when we have overcome them do we understand why they were there.

... but the greatest wisdom is blinded by the glare of vanity.

One can abandon one's personal legend for a time, as long as one does not forget about it entirely and returns to it as soon as possible.

Every scar has a life of its own and a space in my heart.

History will never change because of politics or conquests or theories or wars; that's mere repitition, it's been going on since the beginning of time. History will only change when we are able to use the energy of love, just as we use energy of the wind, the seas, the atom.

Thousands of years ago, weren't we capable of building enormous structures like the pyramids? Weren't we capable of worshiping gods, weaving, making fire, finding lovers and wives, sending written messages? Of course we were. But although we've succeeded in replacing slaves with wage slaves, all the advances we've made have been in the field of science. Human beings are still asking the same questions as their ancestors. In short, they haven't evolved at all.

I'm afraid of taking steps that are not on the map, but by taking those steps despite my fears, I have a much more interesting life.