When I asked you if you wanted to, I was not testing your courage. I was testing your wisdom.

I've crossed these sands many times," said one of the camel drivers one night. "But the desert is so huge, and the horizons so distant, that they make a person feel small, and as if he should remain silent." The boy understood intuitively what he meant, even without ever having set foot in the desert before. Whenever he saw the sea, or a fire, he fell silent, impressed by their elemental force.

I am a very good archer. I use archery as my way of meditation. I cannot sit down and just meditate in the classical sense. I am very active. So, I use archery. I have my bow, my arrow and I use this tension and relaxation in the second after throwing the arrow. And it is my way to meditate and this is the only thing that clears my mind. When I do archery, I am totally there with my bow, my target, my arrow, and I don't think, I am communion with the universe.

I think the more information you can get, the better you can find information for your own purposes.

it's best to accept life as it really is and not as I imagined it to be

The moment that he begins to walk along it, the warrior of the light recognizes the path.

That is why I write - to try to turn sadness into longing, solitude into remembrance.