Paulo Coelho
The great wisdom of the warrior lies in choosing his insanity wisely.
(Manual of the Warrior of Light)
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HA,HA,HA!!!Thelma you are GREAT!!!And I LAUGH NOW from the DEEP of MY HEART!
BECAUSE NOW SINCERLY I can laugh about MY OWN INSANITY!!!
And to be sincer…EROS didn’t asked ME before!!!HE just CALLED ME ,TO THE RIGHT TIME!
LOVE,
MIRELA(the woman in the elevator)
Anyways, the genius are very similar to the crazy…Is not “normal’.
how do we know if we are in the right place at the right time?
la locura puede ser fugaz, pero la sabiduría del guerrero es infinita y eterna.
or used logic to determine and analyse them as in philophsy
Yes, Annoula…
… and I sometimes even wonder whether it is insanity that is choosing us wisely rather than us choosing insanity wisely….in this “rather” insane world …
Polla filakia,
Satora
Yes, Paulo, Thank you.
Just like Veronika and her ‘inmates’ chose to break certain rules, we are wise if we choose only advantageous situations in which to appear foolish?
Love
M-C “Isn’t insanity doing the “same thing over and over and expecting a different result?” Aren’t all artists insane? a guitar player or any other artist, plucks the strings over and over and over again, at length with no immediate results, until one day, he is able to play like a pro!
Choose your insanity wisely! Great words Paulo!
love
lily
Dear Heart, no, Don Quijote was the opposite…Is said that he was the first schizofrenic character in the literature…No no. Don Qujote was following only hid dream, he gived himself totally to the dream, and meanwhile changed Sacho Panza too.Who knows what is the best,being mad,risking everything, or being safe?
Makes me think of poor Don Quixote.. not sure what insanity he suffered…he had read too many book on chivalry…and wanted to win honor to be worthy his Dulcinea…of course he got caught in the fight with the thirty or forty windmills…to him the thirty or more monstrous giants…
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I had a little bit, or some might say a great bit of insanity coming over me, when I was about 21, and converted from the Lutheran to the Catholic Church. Some might say I became more Catholic than the pope :)
hi paulo,when i write this i have just got my exam result.do not know what should i do.i tried hard but didnt get what i wanted.i have read few of your books alchemist,maktub.eleven minutes.liked alchemist the most.i wanted to talk to you but didnt know how?now i got this blog.dont know if you will ever read this message or if you will ever reply but i am happy to share some of my thoughts with you.i am just a simply person and dont actually know what big words like sprituality mean.all i know is that by reading your book i feel good and hopeful.and i dont think that a small thanks would be enough for what you give every day.all i can say is that i cant thank you even if i speak my heart out.
Ought to,have to,like to should be “taken in” circumstances accordingly.
Dear all,
-”Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes
Yes, My Lord, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes
Between insanity and vanity lies divinity.”
-”I bow in front of you everyday,
I respect your wisdom everyday,
People have started to judge me,
O Lord, am i insane?
am i evil?
what would i choose in crisis like this?
let me wake up beside you wisdom,
send me angel to guide all around world. ”
-I don’t know what is wisdom or what is inspirations, I know to play with words, I know how to create them, I know how to love them, I know how to inhale them and I know how to present them according to needs of readers, all along.”
-”Wise or fool, insanity or vanity, rose or rude, I am not moved till the world starts to move on my request dooba doo…hulaa luu…”
-”Division is bad, differences could be good, between wise and fools lies insanity and vanity to choose or loose.”
P.S. Please read the fifth e-book/book by your poor writer from Himalaya, free to download.., waiting for your comments and feedback…, Here is the link-
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God blesses you all !
You made me smile, dearest Paul!! It seems you have .. many choices!!;]
The contradiction of … wisdom and insanity!
I think the best example of our losing sanity is to …be MADLY in LOVE. To put our … Soul in the …hands of somebody else. To forget logic and act as a ..madman/woman. To transcend time and space and open our selves to EROS. To leave our … shield behind and let our heart open to Eros’ arrows and fly towards the LIGHT. The choice is our own and if we were going to be asked which condition is better, we would say with ENTHUSIASM : I ..wisely chose LOVE, because I want to live alive.
LOVE,
Thelma.
HA HA … perfect!
humankind ‘compassion’ can be awfully fickle.
Isn’t insanity doing the “same thing over and over and expecting a different result?”
I dont get the meaning. Maybe he is not afraid of appearing insane? Or ridiculous?