Paulo Coelho Quotes

Men are always more inclined to pitch their estimate of the enemy's strength too high than too low, such is human nature.

Forgive your enemy, but do not mistake him for a friend.

He also chooses his enemies.

A Warrior knows when a battle is worth fighting.

Judge your enemy based upon capabilities, not intent, you have to look at the enemy and really almost make a worst case call every time.

An enemy always represents a weakness. This might be fear of physical pain, but it could also be a premature sense of victory or the desire to abandon the fight because it is no longer worthwhile.

If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.

Know your enemy - and learn about his favorite sport.

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

He carefully studies the position that he intends to conquer.

The more attention you pay an enemy, the stronger you make him. Be attentive, but don't be paranoiac.

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

A Warrior does not go into battle without knowing the limitations of his ally.

The best way to know and destroy an enemy is to pretend to become his friend.

Sometimes we have only ten minutes to be with the love of our life and thousands of hours to spend thinking about them.

There is a need for heroism in American life today.

And he never judges someone else's suffering.

The human condition itself inspires me.

No man is an island. To fight the good fight we need help.

Islam is a vibrant faith. Millions of our fellow citizens are Muslim. We respect the faith. We honor its traditions. Our enemy does not. Our enemy doesn't follow the great traditions of Islam. They've hijacked a great religion.

The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life.

Every time the enemy throws us off our guard, and we give way to temptation, he gains so much; he weakens us and strengthens himself; when we resist temptation, it strengthens the Saints and weakens the enemy.

In the midst of regular life, running is the touchstone that breathes adventure into my soul.

Life creeps slowly upward.... When some forgotten inventor of the older world smote his rival or enemy with a branch of wood and found that it was good and thereafter made a practice of smiting rivals and enemies with branches of wood, then, and on that day, artificiality may be said to have begun. Then, and on that day, was begun a revolution destined to change the history of life. Then, and on that day, was laid the cornerstone of that most tremendous of artifices, CIVILIZATION!

Were all yearning for a wedge of sky, aren't we? I suspect God plants these yearnings in us so we'll at least try and change the course of things. We must try, that's all.