Dziękuje ,że prze Pana książki odnajduje samą siebie w trudnych problemach. Kiedy czytam te wszystkie słowa wpadam w taki dziecięcy błogostan emocjonalny. Mam nadzieje ,że kiedyś odwiedzi Pan Polskę … strasznie na to czekam. Pozdrawiam nina.
Nice message! Just who lived constraining knows how to appreciate freedom. We, know it … Hopefully you have seen a free Romania, but came here with very great sacrifices.Thank you ! Adriana.
Thank you for the wonderful segment. Shamefully, I couldn’t follow the Portuguese, but was very thankful for the Italian transcription. The speech that you gave at the end was deeply moving. Truly, Paulo Coelho, you are an Ambassador of Peace, and not just by title only. It is an office which seems to come to you quite naturally, as though you were somehow born to write and speak on the subject of human bondage. And not just the bondage of the body, but the even more prevalent imprisonment of the human spirit, the bondage of the soul imposed upon the individual by the norms and expectations of the society as a whole. This, I believe, is a form of slavery that we all encounter and, thus, that we all must struggle against in our lives.
One of my favorite quotes of all time is by Marily Frye, from her work, “Oppression”:
“Cages. Consider a birdcage. If you look very closely at just one wire in the cage, you cannot see the other wires. If your conception of what is before you is determined by this myopic focus, you could look at that one wire, up and down the length of it, and be unable to see why a bird would not just fly around the wire anytime it wanted to go somewhere. Furthermore, even if, one day at a time, you myopically inspect each wire, you still could not see why a bird could have trouble going past the wires to get anywhere. There is no physical property of any one wire, nothing that the closest scrutiny could discover, that would reveal how a bird could be inhibited or harmed by it except in the most accidental way. It is only when you step back, stop looking at the wires one by one, microscopically, and take a macroscopic view of the whole cage, that you can see why the bird does not go anywhere; and then you will see it in a moment. It will require no great subtlety of mental powers. It is perfectly obvious that the bird is surrounded by a network of systematically related barriers, no one of which would be the least hindrance to its flight, but which, by their relation to each other, are as confining as the solid walls of a dungeon.”
Such is the situation that so many of us face on a daily basis—such is the dungeon we either fall into or are thrown into by those around us who seek to shape us in their own image. Indeed it may not be a prison visible to the naked eye, a dungeon with walls of stone and chains of iron. More commonly it is, as you say, “una prigione senza muri ma per sempre una prigione” (a prison without walls, but a prison just the same.) For this reason, it is so very important “che si celebri, sempre la liberta, la responsibilita, l’importancia di lottare per questa” (that one always celebrate one’s liberty, one’s responsibility, and recognize the importance of fighting for this.)
And to that, I might add, it is equally important for us all, as readers, to stay aware of and lend our support to writers throughout the world who are being persecuted, imprisoned, tortured and even executed for attempting to freely express their beliefs and opinions. So, if you get a chance, please visit the PEN WiPC website link below to find out what you can do to help: http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/aboutthewipc/
Un buen mensaje de libertad, un buen mensaje de libre circualación, algo impensable hace unos años cuado existía el telón de acero.
Y quien sino tu Paulo que fuiste privado de libertad para darlo.
Un beso.
I couldnt understand everything, but i remember the story with the painter, with whom you communicated, even though your languages were different..
Thank you..
“‘Do what thou wilt’ shall be the whole of the Law.”
When I hear your voice I see what is living beyond, why don’t you share your torture from May 1974 with a book? Would they torture you again?
I bow for you and Aleksandr Solzjenitsyn and so many others who have been tortured.
…
Thank you Paulo,
X
Dziękuje ,że prze Pana książki odnajduje samą siebie w trudnych problemach. Kiedy czytam te wszystkie słowa wpadam w taki dziecięcy błogostan emocjonalny. Mam nadzieje ,że kiedyś odwiedzi Pan Polskę … strasznie na to czekam.
Pozdrawiam
nina.
It seems that we should start learning …Spanish or French?? Anyway I could follow the journey. Thank you. Sometimes you understand what it is said from the expression ..
LOVE,
THELMA
I wonder, what Russian words did you learn along your Transiberian journey? Our native language means so much to us, and it makes us smile when a foreigner tries to say words in our language.
Caro Paulo, bellissimo questo video e molto emozionante e toccante! Mi sono commossa ascoltando le tue parole prima di scendere dal treno il 29 di Maggio!!!
Sei speciale!
Un abbraccio
Barbara
The Warrior of Light knows the the old Arabic proverb that says: “God judges a tree by its fruits and not by its roots.”
(Manual of the Warrior of Light) Paulo Coelho
Dziękuje ,że prze Pana książki odnajduje samą siebie w trudnych problemach. Kiedy czytam te wszystkie słowa wpadam w taki dziecięcy błogostan emocjonalny. Mam nadzieje ,że kiedyś odwiedzi Pan Polskę … strasznie na to czekam.
Pozdrawiam
nina.
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I’m thinking of you.
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Nice message! Just who lived constraining knows how to appreciate freedom. We, know it … Hopefully you have seen a free Romania, but came here with very great sacrifices.Thank you ! Adriana.
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Thank you for the wonderful segment. Shamefully, I couldn’t follow the Portuguese, but was very thankful for the Italian transcription. The speech that you gave at the end was deeply moving. Truly, Paulo Coelho, you are an Ambassador of Peace, and not just by title only. It is an office which seems to come to you quite naturally, as though you were somehow born to write and speak on the subject of human bondage. And not just the bondage of the body, but the even more prevalent imprisonment of the human spirit, the bondage of the soul imposed upon the individual by the norms and expectations of the society as a whole. This, I believe, is a form of slavery that we all encounter and, thus, that we all must struggle against in our lives.
One of my favorite quotes of all time is by Marily Frye, from her work, “Oppression”:
“Cages. Consider a birdcage. If you look very closely at just one wire in the cage, you cannot see the other wires. If your conception of what is before you is determined by this myopic focus, you could look at that one wire, up and down the length of it, and be unable to see why a bird would not just fly around the wire anytime it wanted to go somewhere. Furthermore, even if, one day at a time, you myopically inspect each wire, you still could not see why a bird could have trouble going past the wires to get anywhere. There is no physical property of any one wire, nothing that the closest scrutiny could discover, that would reveal how a bird could be inhibited or harmed by it except in the most accidental way. It is only when you step back, stop looking at the wires one by one, microscopically, and take a macroscopic view of the whole cage, that you can see why the bird does not go anywhere; and then you will see it in a moment. It will require no great subtlety of mental powers. It is perfectly obvious that the bird is surrounded by a network of systematically related barriers, no one of which would be the least hindrance to its flight, but which, by their relation to each other, are as confining as the solid walls of a dungeon.”
Such is the situation that so many of us face on a daily basis—such is the dungeon we either fall into or are thrown into by those around us who seek to shape us in their own image. Indeed it may not be a prison visible to the naked eye, a dungeon with walls of stone and chains of iron. More commonly it is, as you say, “una prigione senza muri ma per sempre una prigione” (a prison without walls, but a prison just the same.) For this reason, it is so very important “che si celebri, sempre la liberta, la responsibilita, l’importancia di lottare per questa” (that one always celebrate one’s liberty, one’s responsibility, and recognize the importance of fighting for this.)
And to that, I might add, it is equally important for us all, as readers, to stay aware of and lend our support to writers throughout the world who are being persecuted, imprisoned, tortured and even executed for attempting to freely express their beliefs and opinions. So, if you get a chance, please visit the PEN WiPC website link below to find out what you can do to help: http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/aboutthewipc/
Thank you, again, Paulo!
Savita Vega
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Dear Sir,
Would you consider coming to Singapore?
Regards.
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Un buen mensaje de libertad, un buen mensaje de libre circualación, algo impensable hace unos años cuado existía el telón de acero.
Y quien sino tu Paulo que fuiste privado de libertad para darlo.
Un beso.
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I couldnt understand everything, but i remember the story with the painter, with whom you communicated, even though your languages were different..
Thank you..
Love and Graditude
Annie
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Bonitas palavras cheias de sensibilidade, delicadeza e emoção.
Valeu.
Beijos,
Mari Raphael.
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Crazy world.
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“‘Do what thou wilt’ shall be the whole of the Law.”
When I hear your voice I see what is living beyond, why don’t you share your torture from May 1974 with a book? Would they torture you again?
I bow for you and Aleksandr Solzjenitsyn and so many others who have been tortured.
…
Thank you Paulo,
X
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Yes it does provoke a reaction it awakens something inside
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Dziękuje ,że prze Pana książki odnajduje samą siebie w trudnych problemach. Kiedy czytam te wszystkie słowa wpadam w taki dziecięcy błogostan emocjonalny. Mam nadzieje ,że kiedyś odwiedzi Pan Polskę … strasznie na to czekam.
Pozdrawiam
nina.
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It seems that we should start learning …Spanish or French?? Anyway I could follow the journey. Thank you. Sometimes you understand what it is said from the expression ..
LOVE,
THELMA
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I wonder, what Russian words did you learn along your Transiberian journey? Our native language means so much to us, and it makes us smile when a foreigner tries to say words in our language.
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Caro Paulo, bellissimo questo video e molto emozionante e toccante! Mi sono commossa ascoltando le tue parole prima di scendere dal treno il 29 di Maggio!!!
Sei speciale!
Un abbraccio
Barbara
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Thank you. =)
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