Excerpt: Aleph (Part II)

Photo Credit: Alric Mondragon

Not everything in life is a long train with tickets available to all. - Paulo Coelho

Here are some parts of the book that gained my attention:

-We think that a computer is full of photos and images that provide a real window on the world, but the fact is that behind what you see on the screen, there is nothing but a succession of zeros and ones, what programmers call binary language. p168

-A warrior in search of his dreams must take his inspiration from what he actually does and not from what he imagines himself doing. p192

-Not everything in life is a long train with tickets available to all. p195

-Only a fool makes threats, and only another fool feels threatened. p200

-A life without a cause is a life without effect. p203

-Only someone who can say 'I love you' is capable of saying 'I forgive you.' p204

-The most sophisticated things in the world are precisely those within the reach of everyone. p212

-Love is made up of choices. p213

-"Be blessed. And just as you are transforming your own life, may you transform the lives of those around you." - the shaman p227

-A hunter always knows what to expect - eat or be eaten.  p227

-"Is it possible to deviate from the path God has made? Yes, but its always a mistake.
Is it possible to avoid pain? Yes, but you'll never learn anything.
Is it possible to know something without ever having experienced it? Yes, but it will never truly be part of you". p239

-Sometimes you have to travel a long way to find what is near. p255

-Time passes while we live. p260

-Someone, one day, will light the sacred fire for you. p261

-Music isn't a succession of notes. It's the constant movement of a note between sound and silence.

-No one who truly loves someone would destroy them or themselves. p263

-Love will conquer hatred. p266

See previous Excerpt: Aleph (Part I)