In any activity, we have to know what to expect, how to reach our objectives and what capacity we possess for the proposed task. The only people who can say they have renounced the fruit are those who, thus equipped, feel no desire for the results of the conquest, and remain absorbed in combat. You can renounce the fruit, but this renunciation does not mean indifference toward the result.
Paulo CoelhoAngels are visible to those who accept the light and break the pact made with darkness.
Paulo CoelhoAlthough I have been through all that I have, I do not regret the many hardships I met, because it was they who brought me to the place I wished to reach.
Paulo CoelhoChrist surrounded himself with beggars, prostitutes, tax-collectors and fishermen. ... what he meant by this was that the divine spark is in every soul and is never extinguished.
Paulo Coelho