PAULO COELHO

A bow has no conscience it has prolongation of the hand and the desire of the archer.

A bow is flexible but it has limits. Stretching it beyond its capacity will break it or exhaust the hand holding it . Therefore try to be in harmony with your instrument and never ask more than it can give...

Hold back from firing the arrow if all that paralysis you is fear of making a mistake. If you have made the right movements open your hand and release the stream even if the arrow failed to hit the target you will learn how to improve your aim next time .

If you never take a risk you will n...

The Archer learns when he forgets all about the rules of the way of the bow and goes to act entirely on Instinct . In order to be able to forget the rules it is necessary to respect them and to know them. When he reaches his state he no longer needs the instrument that helped him to learn he no ...

If you view the target as the enemy you might well hit the target but you will not improve anything inside yourself you will go through life trying out only to place an arrow in the centre of a piece of paper or wood which is absolutely pointless and when you are with other people you will spend ...