Paulo Coelho Quotes

Never make a fuss-it might attract the attention of an enemy tribe.

When we marry, we are authorized to take possession of the other person, body and soul.

What other people think is more important than what we feel.

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.

Our children must follow in our footsteps; after all, we are older and know about the world.

We must never make our parents sad, even if this means giving up everything that makes us happy.

We must study things we will never use, but which someone told us were important to know.

People who are different are dangerous; they belong to another tribe; they want our lands and our women.

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

We must do jobs we detest because we are part of an organized society, and if everyone did what they wanted to do, the world would come to a standstill.

We must be amusing at all times and sneer at those who express their real feelings; it's dangerous for a tribe to allow its members to show their feelings.

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

He too knows how to lose.

When he wins the battle, the Warrior celebrates.

He has learned that God uses solitude to teach us how to live with other people.

He gives before he is asked.

The Warrior tries to enjoy the small everyday things of life.

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

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

He is now walking from his dream.

Like the fighter, the Warrior is aware of his own immense strength; he never fights with anyone who does not deserve the honor of combat.

He remembers the five rules of combat set down by Chuan Tzu - faith, companions, time, space and strategy.

He is also wary of people who think they know the path.

A Warrior of the Light cannot always choose his battlefield.

He accepts his Personal Legend completely.

The Warrior of the Light never forgets the old saying: The good little goat doesn't bleat.

At the beginning of his struggle, the Warrior says: "I have dreams."

He never falls into the trap of the word "freedom".

A responsible Warrior is one who has proved able to observe and to learn.

He knows that there are occasional pauses in the struggle.

To engage in any activity, the warrior needs to know what to expect, how to achieve the objective and whether or not he is capable of carrying out the proposed task.

He though does not always have faith.

But he knows that no man is an island.

He has learned that it is best to follow the light.

He sometimes behaves like water, flowing around the obstacles he encounters.

For the Warrior of the Light, there are no abstractions.

He has the qualities of a rock.

He however knows when the enemy is stronger.

He is never cowardly.

A Warrior is never in a hurry.

The Warrior remembers the past.

He knows that it is impossible to live in a state of complete relaxation.

He manages to balance Rigor and Mercy.

He also chooses his enemies.

The Warrior sometimes fights with those he loves.

He believes that "To persevere is favorable."

He also knows that certain moments repeat themselves.

Warriors always have a certain gleam in their eyes.

The Warrior does not worry that, to others, his behavior might seem quite mad.

She said she was neither happy nor unhappy, and that was why she couldn't go on. Each person knows the extent of their own suffering, or the total absence of meaning in their lives.