We must eat three meals a day, even if we’re not hungry, and when we fail to fit the current ideal of beauty we must fast, even if we’re starving.
We must never make our parents sad, even if this means giving up everything that makes us happy...
We must study things we will never use, but which someone told us were important to know.
People who are different are dangerous; they belong to another tribe; they want our lands and our women.
We must marry, have children, reproduce the species.
Love is only a small thing, enough for one person, and any suggestion that the heart might be larger than this is considered perverse.
We must do jobs we detest because we are part of an organized society, and if everyone did what they wanted to do, the world would come to a standstill.
We must be amusing at all times and sneer at those who express their real feelings; it’s dangerous for a tribe to allow its members to show their feelings.
We must buy jewelry; it identifies us with our tribe, just as body piercing identifies those of a different tribe.
Open your heart and listen to what it is telling you. Follow your dreams, because only a man who is unashamed of himself can manifest the glory of God.
For the warrior of light there are no ends, only means. Life carries him from unknown to unknown. Each moment is filled with this thrilling mystery: the warrior does not know where he came from or where he is going.
The Warrior knows about the “waterfall effect”.
Then the Warrior of the Light thanks his traveling companions, takes a deep breath and continues on, laden with memories of an unforgettable journey.
A Warrior knows that everything a person does has enduring consequences.
And he never judges someone else’s suffering.
So the Warrior fights the Good Fight and he helps others, even though he does not quite understand why.
The Warrior of the Light concentrates on the small miracles of daily life.
He knows that the most important words in all languages are the small words.
A Warrior also knows that the fool who gives advice about someone else’s garden is not tending his own plants.
He uses common sense to judge not the intentions of an action but its consequences.