He is as wise as a serpent and as innocent as a dove.
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He is as wise as a serpent and as innocent as a dove.
At the beginning of his struggle, the Warrior says: "I have dreams."
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.
Life is the mistress to be wooed.
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.
You making haste on decay: not blameworthy; life is good, be it stubbornly long or suddenly A mortal splendor: meteors are not needed less than mountains: shine, perishing republic.
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