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Warrior Of Light Issue nº 197 – A model’s routine by Paulo Coelho
In order to write the book “The Winner is alone”, the main theme of which is the cult of celebrities, I had to do some interesting research into the routine of those women who inhabit the collective imagination: photographer’s models. However different they may be, what follows is an invariable pattern of [...]
Warrior of the Light by Paulo Coelho Issue nº 196 – The Warrior of Light and his temperament
The Warrior of Light can afford to live each day different from the next. He is not afraid of crying over old regrets or feeling happy at new discoveries. When he feels that the hour has come, he casts everything aside and departs for the adventure he has dreamed so long about. When he understands [...]
Warrior Of Light Issue nº 195: Challenging the teacher by Paulo Coelho
Is the bird alive?
The young man was at the end of his training, soon he would go on to be a teacher. Like all good pupils, he needed to challenge his teacher and to develop his own way of thinking. He caught a bird, placed it in one hand and went to see his teacher.
‘Teacher, [...]
Warrior Of Light Issue nº 194 – Emotional independence by Paulo Coelho
“At the beginning of our life and again when we get old, we need the help and affection of others. Unfortunately, between these two periods of our life, when we are strong and able to look after ourselves, we don’t appreciate the value of affection and compassion. As our own life begins and ends with [...]
The Winner Stands Alone : Chapter XII by Paulo Coelho
Javits glances around. There’s a man in dark glasses drinking a fruit juice. He
seems oblivious to his surroundings and is staring out to sea as if he were
somewhere far from there. He’s smartly dressed and good-looking, with greying
hair. He was one of the first to arrive and must know who Javits is, and yet
he’s made [...]
Warrior Of Light Issue nº 193 – In search of the perfect leader
A reader sends me a questionnaire in which he presents the profile of three world leaders who lived in the same period of history, and asks if it is possible to choose the best one using the following data:
Candidate A was associated with witchdoctors and often consulted astrologists. He had two mistresses. His wife was [...]
The Winner Stands Alone : Chapter XI by Paulo Coelho
He realises he should not have asked that question. Firstly, because he doesn’t need anyone’s support to justify what he’s doing; he’s convinced that since everyone will die one day, some must do so in the name of something greater. That’s how it’s been since the beginning of time, when men sacrificed themselves in order [...]
The Winner Stands Alone : Chapter X by Paulo Coelho
Even if he’d had his swimming things with him, he would have found it difficult to get anywhere near the sea shore. The big hotels had, it seems, acquired the rights to great swathes of beach which they had filled with their chairs, logos, waiters and bodyguards, who, at every entry point, demanded the guest’s [...]
The Winner Stands Alone : Ninth Chapter by Paulo Coelho
Her mobile phone rang.
…none at all.
It continued to ring.
She was still travelling back in time as she gazed out at the tobacconist’s and at the little girl eating chocolate, then she finally emerged from her reverie, realised what was happening and answered the phone.
A voice at the other end was saying that she had an [...]
Warrior Of Light Issue nº 192 – The second chance
The Sybilines, witches capable of foretelling the future, lived in ancient Rome. One fine day one of them appeared at Emperor Tiberius’ palace with nine books; she said that therein lay the future of the Empire, and asked for ten talents of gold for the texts. Tiberius found the price too high and refused to [...]
