“I went to talk to a group of students,” he said, “and I decided to ask them what they wanted to learn about. So they made a list of questions, and to be honest, I don’t know how to answer those questions and that is why I am so glad I have run into you up here on this hill. Perhaps you can help me.” [Paulo] Coelho, curious, offered to help and asked what the questions were. The officer replied, “Is there a God? What happens after we die? Is there life outside the planet earth? Why do people hate each other? Things like this. Philosophical questions that you have as children and that we still have as adults.”

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