185 quotes
Now that I am at the end of my life, I leave for those who come after me everything that I learned while I walked the face of this Earth. May they make good use of it.
Manuscript Found in Accra (2012)
He identifies with the mountains and the streams, he sees something of his own soul in the plants and the animals and the birds of the field.
The Manual of the Warrior of Light (1997)
Time neither moves nor is stationary. Time changes.
Aleph (2011)
First develop a strategy that utilizes everything around you. The best way to prepare for a challenge is to cultivate the ability to call on an infinite variety of responses.
Aleph (2011)
Stay close to those who sing, tell stories, enjoy life and whose eyes sparkle with happiness. Because happiness is contagious and will always manage to find a solution whereas logic can find only an explanation for the mistake made.
Manuscript Found in Accra (2012)
If someone is giving us something, that’s because we’re incapable of getting it for ourselves.
Aleph (2011)
I think to myself that this really isn’t something I should concern myself with.
Aleph (2011)
The defeated are those who never fail. Defeat means that we lose a particular battle or war. Failure does not allow us to go on fighting.
Manuscript Found in Accra (2012)
Lord, preserve me from tragedy and I will follow your desires.
Aleph (2011)
Every experience, either good or bad, comes with a lesson...
My 25 most important points (2014)
Every Warrior of the Light has suffered for the most trivial of reasons. Every Warrior of the Light has, at least once, believed he was not a Warrior of the Light.
The Manual of the Warrior of Light (1997)
The wise men understood that this natural world is simply a guarantee that there exists a world that is perfect. God created the world so that, through its visible objects, men could understand his spiritual teachings and the marvels of his wisdom. That's what I mean by action.
The Alchemist (1988)
You have to take risks … We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.
By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept (1994)
The great problem with poisoning by Bitterness was that the passions — hatred, love, despair, enthusiasm, curiosity — also ceased to manifest themselves.
Veronika Decides to Die (1998)
Seek to live. Remembrance is for the old.
By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept (1994)
For the first time, I will smile without feeling guilty, because joy is not a sin... For the first time, I will avoid anything that makes me suffer, because suffering is not a virtue.
Manuscript Found in Accra (2012)
Those who were never defeated seem happy and superior, masters of a truth they never had to lift a finger to achieve. They are always on the side of the strong. They’re like hyenas, who only eat the leavings of lions.
Manuscript Found in Accra (2012)
And when people think of reincarnation, they always come up against a very difficult question: if, in the beginning, there were so few people on the face of Earth, and now there are so many, where did all those new souls come from?
When you change, the whole world changes with you...
My 25 most important points (2014)
And if I’m alone in bed, I will go over to window, look up at the sky and feel certain that loneliness is a lie, because the Universe is there to keep me company.
Manuscript Found in Accra (2012)