Daily Archive for March 12th, 2008

Quote of the Day

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Paulo Coelho
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By Paulo Coelho

By changing the way you do routine things
you allos a new person to grow inside of you.
(The Pilgrimage)

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Reflections of the Warrior of the Light

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Paulo Coelho
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By Paulo Coelho

A warrior of the light does not only use his strength; he also uses his opponent’s energy.

Upon entering a combat, all he possesses is his enthusiasm, and the moves he learned during training; as the fight progresses, he discovers that his enthusiasm and training are not enough to win: experience is necessary.

So he opens his heart to the Universe, and asks God to inspire him, so that each of the enemy’s blows is also a lesson in defense for him.

His companions comment: “see how superstitious he is. He has stopped the fight in order to pray, and respects his adversary’s tricks.”

The warrior of the light pays these provocations no attention. He knows that without inspiration and experience, none of his training will bear fruit.

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Today’s Question by Aart Hilal

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Paulo Coelho
on March 12, 2008
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It is obvious from your books, that contemporary world, or society, seems to you too oppressive, too uniform. That people live, as your heroine of the River Piedra, seeking, what, in fact, they do not desire. In your opinion, what is the balance between traditions, prejudice, upbringing, etc. and personal responsibility of an individual for his/her own destiny?

We cannot blame anybody but ourselves. Freud was a nice guy, but he created this idea that our parents are responsible for everything that went wrong with our adulthood. Of course, as Ortega y Gasset says, “I am myself and my circumstance” but everybody is different, and must accept this. The frustrated Marxist experiment reassured us that first comes our individuality, and our sense of responsibility towards our neighbor.

The crazy magician is a superhero

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Paulo Coelho
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A joke from Michel (Fan Club Français)!



Une vidéo amusante et rigolote de Paulo Coelho fait par Michel Hubert, le président du fan club français, juste pour s’amuser et faire un clin d’oeil à une chanson écrite par Paulo, pour Raul Seixas, il y a longtemps et qui se nommait Superherois…