The Warrior sometimes fights with those he loves.

Remember the saying, What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger? It's true!

He manages to balance Rigor and Mercy.

...in all the woods and forests, God did not create a single leaf the same as any other... People go against nature because they lack the courage to be different.

Ester asked why people are sad. "That’s simple," says the old man. "They are the prisoners of their personal history. Everyone believes that the main aim in life is to follow a plan. They never ask if that plan is theirs or if it was created by another person. They accumulate experiences, memories, things, other people's ideas, and it is more than they can possibly cope with. And that is why they forget their dreams.

In order not to suffer, you had to renounce love. It was like putting out your own eyes in order not to see the bad things in life.

There is an afterlife. I am convinced of this.