The Manual of the Warrior of Light Paulo Coelho Translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa

Faith
Before going into battle, you must believe in the reasons for the fight.
Companions
Choose your allies and learn to fight in company, for no one 
ever won a war single-handed.
Time
A battle in winter is different from a battle in summer; a good warrior 
is careful to select the right moment to begin a fight.
Space
One does not fight in the same way in a mountain pass as one would 
on a plain. Think about your surroundings and how best to move around in them.
Strategy
The best warrior is the one who plans his fight.
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Oh Maria concebida sem pecado, rogai por nós que recorremos à Vós. Amém
The warrior rarely knows the result of a battle when the battle is over.
The activity of fighting will have generated an enormous amount of energy 
around him and there is always a moment when victory and defeat are both equally 
possible. Time will tell who won and who lost, but he knows that, from that moment 
on, he can do nothing more: the fate of that battle lies in God's hands.
At such moments, the warrior of light is not concerned with results. He 
examines his heart and asks: Did I fight the Good Fight?' If the answer is 'yes', he can 
rest. If the answer is 'no', he takes up his sword and begins training all over again.
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Oh Maria concebida sem pecado, rogai por nós que recorremos à Vós. Amém
Each warrior of light contains within him the spark of God.
His destiny is to be with other warriors, but sometimes he will need to practise 
the art of the sword alone; this is why, when he is apart from his companions, he 
behaves like a star.
He lights up his allotted part of the Universe and tries to point out galaxies and 
worlds to all those who gaze up at the sky.
The warrior's persistence will soon be rewarded. Gradually, other warriors 
approach, and they join together to form constellations, each with their own symbols 
and mysteries.
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Oh Maria concebida sem pecado, rogai por nós que recorremos à Vós. Amém
Sometimes the warrior feels as if he were living two lives at once.
In one of them he is obliged to do all the things he does not want to do and to 
fight for ideas in which he does not believe. But there is another life, and he discovers 
it in his dreams, in his reading and in his encounters with people who share his ideas.
The warrior allows his two lives to draw near. 'There is a bridge that links 
what I do with what I would like to do,' he thinks. Slowly, his dreams take over his 
everyday life, and then he realises that he is ready for the thing he always wanted.
Then all that is needed is a little daring, and his two lives become one.
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Oh Maria concebida sem pecado, rogai por nós que recorremos à Vós. Amém
Write down again what I told you:
The warrior of light needs time to himself. And he uses that time for rest, 
contemplation and contact with the Soul of the World. Even in the midst of a battle, 
he manages to meditate.
Occasionally, the warrior sits down, relaxes and lets everything that is 
happening around him continue to happen. He looks at the world as if he were a 
spectator, he does not try to add to it or take away from it, he merely surrenders 
unresistingly to the movement of life.
Little by little, everything that seemed complicated begins to become simple. 
And the warrior is glad.
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Oh Maria concebida sem pecado, rogai por nós que recorremos à Vós. Amém
The warrior of light is wary of people who think they know the path.
They are always so confident of their own ability to make decisions that they 
do not notice the irony with which destiny writes each life, and they always complain 
when the inevitable knocks at the door.
The warrior of light has dreams. His dreams carry him forward. But he never 
makes the mistake of thinking that the way is broad and the gate is wide. He knows 
that the Universe functions in the same way as alchemy: