Carlos Castaneda

Heightened awareness is a mystery only for a reason.

— Carlos Castaneda

This very rock where we're sitting is a rock because we have been forced to give out attention to it

— Carlos Castaneda

Any path is only a path, and there is no affront to oneself or to others, in dropping it if that is…

— Carlos Castaneda

One can say that the nagual accounts for creativity. The nagual is the only part of us that can create.

— Carlos Castaneda

You're chained to you reason ... Understanding is only a very small affair, so very small

— Carlos Castaneda

What is a truthful life? A life lived with deliberateness, a good, strong life.

— Carlos Castaneda

If you were a warrior, you would know that the worst thing one can do is confront human beings directly.

— Carlos Castaneda

The dying sun will glow on you without burning, as it has done today.

— Carlos Castaneda

It was stupidity that forced us to discard anything that did not conform with ourself - reflective expectations.

— Carlos Castaneda

... the daily world exists because we know how to hold its images; consequently, if one drops the attention needed to maintain…

— Carlos Castaneda

Never take a path that has no heart in it. You can't lose if your heart is in your work, but you…

— Carlos Castaneda

The world is incomprehensible. We won't ever understand it; we won't ever unravel its secrets. Thus we must treat the world as…

— Carlos Castaneda

Fright never injures anyone. What injures the spirit is having someone always on your back, beating you, telling you what to do…

— Carlos Castaneda

Men have to be hooked. Women don't need that. Women go freely into anything. That's their power and at the same time…

— Carlos Castaneda

I'm never angry at anybody! No human being can do anything important enough for that. You get angry at people when you…

— Carlos Castaneda

The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is…

— Carlos Castaneda

...that was the way human beings are; they love to be told what to do, but they love even more to fight…

— Carlos Castaneda

Hunting power is a very strange affair. There is no way to plan it ahead of time. That's what's exciting about it.…

— Carlos Castaneda

Things are only real after one has learned to agree on their realness. What took place this evening, for instance, cannot possibly…

— Carlos Castaneda

The humbleness of a warrior is not the humbleness of the beggar. The warrior lowers his head to no one, but at…

— Carlos Castaneda

Death is the only wise advisor that we have. Whenever you feel, as you always do, that everything is going wrong and…

— Carlos Castaneda

All paths are the same: they lead nowhere. However, a path without a heart is never enjoyable. On the other hand, a…

— Carlos Castaneda

The average man is hooked to his fellow men, while the warrior is hooked only to himself. Perhaps you are chasing rainbows.…

— Carlos Castaneda

Within these premises, the only thing one can be is an impeccable mediator. One is not the player in this cosmic match…

— Carlos Castaneda

All of us, whether or not we are warriors, have a cubic centimeter of chance that pops out in front of our…

— Carlos Castaneda

When you need an answer, look over your left shoulder and ask your death.

— Carlos Castaneda

It is best to erase all personal history because that would make us free from the encumbering thoughts of other people

— Carlos Castaneda

Intent is what can make a man succeed when his thoughts tell him that he is defeated.

— Carlos Castaneda

I'm afraid you will have to fly holding the rock with its heavy chain.

— Carlos Castaneda

Nothing in this world is a gift. Whatever must be learned must be learned the hard way.

— Carlos Castaneda

... a warrior could not avoid pain and grief but only the indulging in them

— Carlos Castaneda

In a world where death is the hunter, my friend, there is no time for regrets or doubts. There is only time…

— Carlos Castaneda

The hardest thing in the world is for a warrior to let others be.

— Carlos Castaneda

We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.

— Carlos Castaneda

For my teachers, unfortunately, certain things were, as they are for you, only tales of power

— Carlos Castaneda

A man goes to knowledge as he goes to war, wide awake, with fear, with respect, and with absolute assurance.

— Carlos Castaneda

A warrior thinks of death when things become unclear. The idea of death is the only thing that tempers our spirit.

— Carlos Castaneda

To seek the perfection of the warrior's spirit is the only task worthy of our temporariness, our manhood.

— Carlos Castaneda

“I asked him if there was a way in which he could accept just my desire to learn, as if I were…

— Carlos Castaneda

Beware of those who weep with realization, for they have realized nothing.

— Carlos Castaneda