Our allies by Paulo Coelho

"Join with all those who experiment, take risks, fall, get hurt and then take more risks.

Stay away from those who affirm truths, who criticise those who do not think like them,
people who have never once taken a step unless they were sure they would be respected for doing so,
and who prefer certainties to doubts.

Join with those who sing, tell stories, take pleasure in life, and have joy in their eyes,
because joy is contagious and can prevent others from becoming paralysed by depression, loneliness and difficulties."