The Statutes of Man (Permanent Institutional Act) Article I It is hereby decreed that the truth now applies. Now life is worth it, and hand in hand, we will all march towards true life. Article II It is hereby decreed that all days of the week, including the grayest Tuesdays, have the right to become Sunday mornings. Article III It is hereby decreed that, from this moment on, there will be sunflowers in all windows, and that the sunflowers will have the right to open within the shade; and that the windows must remain, all day long, open to the green where hope grows. Article IV It is decreed that man will never need to doubt man again. That man will trust in man as the palm tree trusts in the wind, as the wind trusts in the air, as the air trusts in the blue field of the sky. Sole paragraph: The man will trust the man as a boy trusts another boy. Article V It is decreed that men are free from the yoke of lies. You will never again need to wear the breastplate of silence or the armor of words. The man will sit at the table with his eyes clear because the truth will be served before dessert. Article VI The practice dreamed of by the prophet Isaiah is established for ten centuries, and the wolf and the lamb will graze together and the food of both will have the same taste of dawn. Article VII By irrevocable decree the permanent reign of justice and clarity is established, and joy will be a generous banner forever unfurled in the souls of the people. Article VIII It is decreed that the greatest pain has always been and will always be not being able to give love to those you love and knowing that it is the water that gives the plant the miracle of the flower. Article IX It is permitted for man's daily bread to bear the sign of his sweat. But above all, it always has the warm flavor of tenderness. Article Article XI It is decreed, by definition, that man is an animal that he loves and that is why he is beautiful, much more beautiful than the morning star. Article XII It is decreed that nothing will be forced or prohibited, everything will be permitted, including playing with the rhinos and walking in the afternoons with a huge begonia in your lapel. Sole paragraph: Only one thing is prohibited: loving without love. Article XIII It is decreed that money will never again be able to buy the sun in the mornings to come. Expelled from the great chest of fear, the money will become a fraternal sword to defend the right to sing and the celebration of the day that has arrived. Final Article. The use of the word freedom is prohibited, which will be removed from dictionaries and the misleading morass of mouths. From this moment on, freedom will be something alive and transparent like a fire or a river, and its home will always be the heart of man. Thiago de Mello