Warrior of the Light

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Warrior of the Light: A Manual is an inspirational companion to The Alchemist, an international bestseller that has beguiled millions of readers around the world. Every short passage invites us to live out our dreams, to embrace the uncertainty of life, and to rise to our own unique destiny. In his inimitable style, Paulo Coelho helps bring out the Warrior of the Light within each of us. He also shows readers how to embark upon the way of the Warrior: the one who appreciates the miracle of being alive, the one who accepts failure, and the one whose quest leads him to become the person he wants to be.

Paulo Coelho is one of the most beloved storytellers of our time. Now, in the long-awaited companion to his first novel, Coelho presents a collection of philosophical stories that will delight and guide seekers everywhere.

142 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1997

About the author

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The Brazilian author PAULO COELHO was born in 1947 in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Before dedicating his life completely to literature, he worked as theatre director and actor, lyricist and journalist. In 1986, PAULO COELHO did the pilgrimage to Saint James of Compostella, an experience later to be documented in his book The Pilgrimage. In the following year, COELHO published The Alchemist. Slow initial sales convinced his first publisher to drop the novel, but it went on to become one of the best selling Brazilian books of all time. Other titles include Brida (1990), The Valkyries (1992), By the river Piedra I sat Down and Wept (1994), the collection of his best columns published in the Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo entitle Maktub (1994), the compilation of texts Phrases (1995), The Fifth Mountain (1996), Manual of a Warrior of Light (1997), Veronika decides to die (1998), The Devil and Miss Prym (2000), the compilation of traditional tales in Stories for parents, children and grandchildren (2001), Eleven Minutes (2003), The Zahir (2005), The Witch of Portobello (2006) and Winner Stands Alone (to be released in 2009). During the months of March, April, May and June 2006, Paulo Coelho traveled to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his pilgrimage to Saint James of Compostella in 1986. He also held surprise book signings - announced one day in advance - in some cities along the way, to have a chance to meet his readers. In ninety days of pilgrimage the author traveled around the globe and took the famous Transiberrian train that took him to Vladivostok. During this experience Paulo Coelho launched his blog Walking the Path - The Pilgrimage in order to share with his readers his impressions. Since this first blog Paulo Coelho has expanded his presence in the internet with his daily blogs in Wordpress, Myspace & Facebook. He is equally present in media sharing sites such as Youtube and Flickr, offering on a regular basis not only texts but also videos and pictures to his readers. From this intensive interest and use of the Internet sprang his bold new project: The Experimental Witch where he invites his readers to adapt to the screen his book The Witch of Portobello. Indeed Paulo Coelho is a firm believer of Internet as a new media and is the first Best-selling author to actively support online free distribution of his work.

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April 1,2025
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Inspiring! Everyone should read this book!
Though Warrior of the Light: A Manual, by Paulo Coelho, is very different to many of his other works, it is no less inspiring nor any less thought provoking.
This collection of short notes, thoughts, ideas and inspirations, should not be read all at once, but rather read and savoured over the course of several days or even weeks, in order to fully take in and reflect on everything that is written.
Since we are all in different places in life, have reached different goals on our paths, we can all take something different from this book, what will feel true with us, is naturally gonna be individual and unique. But I do believe that everyone can take something from this book and use it in their own lives. I for one, will be reading this book again, because it is my firm belief that each time it is re-read you can take something new and valuable from it.
April 1,2025
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هذا الكتاب يساهم بفهم تقدير الذات ... جميل ومحفز استمتعت بالقراءة
April 1,2025
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هذا كتاب لنقرأه مرة وأخرى وأخرى
لتستنهض الطاقة الايجابية من روحك الداخلية كلما حاولت الطاقات السلبية من حولك أن تجرفك للأسفل
كلنا يملك القوة للمحاربة ومواصلة الدرب حتى النهاية
كلنا نملك الخطة المتكاملة نحو الوجهة المثلى في الحياة
ولكن قليلون من يستطيعون إزالة الشوائب والغبار لتلمس هذا الطريق ..
آمن بقوتك وبنفسك وطاقاتك واتخذ سبيلك القويم دونما تردد .. ستساعدم كلمات بويلو على استنهاض قواك بلا شك..
April 1,2025
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I picked up this book because I like Paulo Coelho's writing, but this book grates on my nerves. It is about everyone and no one. Every sentence that the words 'The Warrior of the Light' followed by sentence that can pertain to a saint and a regular person. It forces me to suspect that this book has been attributed to PC wrongly.
April 1,2025
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I know that many many people won't like this review, but I have to be honest. From a litterary point of view P.Coelho's writing really simple, nothing special in it, there are not engaging images or words. Since this is not supposed to be a novel but a manual in a more philosophical way (!), this Warrior's of the Light philosophy is really plain. I feel that Coelho just wanted to add everything he could in order to attract more readers. It is mostly a book for people who feel that they don't have any courage to deal with everyday's difficulties (everyone) and with this "warrior manual" he is trying to inspire people so that they can deal with it. This manual is contradictive because the writer is trying to include everything he can, it is really disorganised and does not offer arguments that could convince you. I really struggled in order to finish reading this book, even though it's really easy reading but there was nothing new to read in most of his mini-chapters (1 page!. Really, I just felt that it was for boys who dream of becoming knights or something and want to follow a manual just because they want to follow something instead of finding themselves lost without any life-directions. Since this is a moral manual (in an Aristotelian way, meaning that it suggests a certain way of living) I find it no inspiring at all, really simple, almost childish.

If you want to read something morally inspiring read some of Buddha's writing.
April 1,2025
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سقوط مدوي لكويلو بعد (الخيميائي)
الفكرة في تمهيد الكتاب رائعة وحماسية جدا أعتقد لو واصل على ذات النمط من السرد الشيق المشبع بالاحداث المتعاقبة والمغامرات الممتعة كان حال الرواية اكثر بكثير !
ولكن بهذه الطريقه الكتاب فارغ بكل معنى الكلمه من المحتوى .. فهو مجرد سرد لنصائح عن الصورة شبه المثالية للانسان او كما يسميه محارب الضوء .
أسقطت كل نجومي وأبقيت واحدة لاجل التمهيد .
April 1,2025
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Amazing guide for those looking for motivation and need a little extra push to realize their inner potential. I actually keep this book as an on hand source of daily inspiration. Very good read!
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