--- title: "23 Ifs Quotes By Carlos Castaneda" description: "23 Ifs quotes by Carlos Castaneda. Plus more from Carlos Castaneda and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce5/carlos-castaneda-1384_can-do_if-you-were-a-warrior-you-would-know-tha_113163.jpg" --- > [If you were a warrior, you would know that the worst thing one can do is confront human beings directly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/if-you-were-a-warrior-you-would-know-that-the-worst-thing-one-can-do/) [Carlos Castaneda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-castaneda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce5/carlos-castaneda-1384_can-do_if-you-were-a-warrior-you-would-know-tha_113163.jpg) > [A warrior acts as if he knows what he is doing, when in effect he knows nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/a-warrior-acts-as-if-he-knows-what-he-is-doing-when-in-effect-he/) [Carlos Castaneda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-castaneda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/474/carlos-castaneda-1384_action_a-warrior-acts-as-if-he-knows-what-he-is_670598.jpg) > [If your tendency is to make sense out of chaos, start chaos.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/if-your-tendency-is-to-make-sense-out-of-chaos-start-chaos/) [Carlos Castaneda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-castaneda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8f/carlos-castaneda-1384_chaos_if-your-tendency-is-to-make-sense-out-of_1851332.jpg) > [A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting... Thus a man of knowledge sweats and puffs and if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/a-man-of-knowledge-lives-by-acting-not-by-thinking-about-acting-thus/) [Carlos Castaneda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-castaneda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/079/carlos-castaneda-1384_acting_a-man-of-knowledge-lives-by-acting-not-b_1667428.jpg) > [Do you know at this very moment you are surrounded by eternity? And do you know that you can use that eternity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/do-you-know-at-this-very-moment-you-are-surrounded-by-eternity-and-do/) [Carlos Castaneda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-castaneda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ae/carlos-castaneda-1384_desire_do-you-know-at-this-very-moment-you-are_48784.jpg) > [Never take a path that has no heart in it. You can't lose if your heart is in your work, but you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/never-take-a-path-that-has-no-heart-in-it-you-can-t-lose-if-your/) [Carlos Castaneda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-castaneda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c47/carlos-castaneda-1384_can-t-win_never-take-a-path-that-has-no-heart-in-i_555694.jpg) > [... the daily world exists because we know how to hold its images; consequently, if one drops the attention needed to maintain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/the-daily-world-exists-because-we-know-how-to-hold-its-images/) [Carlos Castaneda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-castaneda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48b/carlos-castaneda-1384_attention_the-daily-world-exists-because-we-know-h_1030285.jpg) > [Before you embark on it you ask the question: Does this path have a heart? If the answer is no, you will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/before-you-embark-on-it-you-ask-the-question-does-this-path-have-a/) [Carlos Castaneda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-castaneda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a95/carlos-castaneda-1384_answers_before-you-embark-on-it-you-ask-the-ques_916416.jpg) > [If a warrior needs solace he simply chooses anyone and expresses to that person every detail of his turmoil. After all, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/if-a-warrior-needs-solace-he-simply-chooses-anyone-and-expresses-to/) [Carlos Castaneda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-castaneda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebf/carlos-castaneda-1384_details_if-a-warrior-needs-solace-he-simply-choo_2722678.jpg) > [... when confronted with unusual life situations... A warrior acts as if nothing had ever happened, because he doesn't believe in anything,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/when-confronted-with-unusual-life-situations-a-warrior-acts-as-if/) [Carlos Castaneda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-castaneda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e21/carlos-castaneda-1384_accepting_when-confronted-with-unusual-life-situat_302416.jpg) > [If a warrior is to succeed at anything, the success must come gently, with a great deal of effort but with no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/if-a-warrior-is-to-succeed-at-anything-the-success-must-come-gently/) [Carlos Castaneda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-castaneda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/370/carlos-castaneda-1384_action_if-a-warrior-is-to-succeed-at-anything-t_2269247.jpg) > [Hunting power is a very strange affair. There is no way to plan it ahead of time. That's what's exciting about it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/hunting-power-is-a-very-strange-affair-there-is-no-way-to-plan-it/) [Carlos Castaneda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-castaneda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43f/carlos-castaneda-1384_affair_hunting-power-is-a-very-strange-affair-t_2219329.jpg) > [My benefactor said that when a man embarks on the paths of sorcery he becomes aware, in a gradual manner, that ordinary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/my-benefactor-said-that-when-a-man-embarks-on-the-paths-of-sorcery-he/) [Carlos Castaneda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-castaneda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e9/carlos-castaneda-1384_affair_my-benefactor-said-that-when-a-man-embar_2195112.jpg) > [... everything in the world is a force, a pull or a push. In order for us to be pushed or pulled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/everything-in-the-world-is-a-force-a-pull-or-a-push-in-order-for-us/) [Carlos Castaneda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-castaneda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/757/carlos-castaneda-1384_force_everything-in-the-world-is-a-force-a-pul_1325401.jpg) > [What is wrong with us human beings, and has been wrong since time immemorial, is that without ever stating it in so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/what-is-wrong-with-us-human-beings-and-has-been-wrong-since-time/) [Carlos Castaneda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-castaneda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a96/carlos-castaneda-1384_arrogance_what-is-wrong-with-us-human-beings-and-h_373533.jpg) > [In the Art of Dreaming Don Juan tells Carlos, "... most of our energy goes into upholding our importance... if we were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/in-the-art-of-dreaming-don-juan-tells-carlos-most-of-our-energy-goes/) [Carlos Castaneda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-castaneda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0f/carlos-castaneda-1384_art_in-the-art-of-dreaming-don-juan-tells-ca_2956096.jpg) > [If a warrior wants to pay back for all the favors he has received, and he has no one in particular to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/if-a-warrior-wants-to-pay-back-for-all-the-favors-he-has-received-and/) [Carlos Castaneda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-castaneda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa5/carlos-castaneda-1384_accounts_if-a-warrior-wants-to-pay-back-for-all-t_1136946.jpg) > [When a man has fulfilled all four of these requisites-to be wide awake, to have fear, respect, and absolute assurance-there are no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/when-a-man-has-fulfilled-all-four-of-these-requisites-to-be-wide/) [Carlos Castaneda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-castaneda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82d/carlos-castaneda-1384_absolutes_when-a-man-has-fulfilled-all-four-of-the_2730671.jpg) > [Anything is one of a million paths. Therefore, a warrior must always keep in mind that a path is only a path;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/anything-is-one-of-a-million-paths-therefore-a-warrior-must-always/) [Carlos Castaneda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-castaneda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e1/carlos-castaneda-1384_ambition_anything-is-one-of-a-million-paths-there_873842.jpg) > [Only if one loves this earth with unbending passion can one relieve one's sadness," don Juan said. "Warriors are always joyful because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/only-if-one-loves-this-earth-with-unbending-passion-can-one-relieve/) [Carlos Castaneda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-castaneda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d72/carlos-castaneda-1384_alive_only-if-one-loves-this-earth-with-unbend_129523.jpg) > [If his spirit is distorted he should simply fix it-purge it, make it perfect-because there is no other task in our entire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/if-his-spirit-is-distorted-he-should-simply-fix-it-purge-it-make-it/) [Carlos Castaneda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-castaneda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa9/carlos-castaneda-1384_courage_if-his-spirit-is-distorted-he-should-sim_2704570.jpg) > [There's no way to put a limit on what one may accomplish individually if the intent is an impeccable intent. Don Juan's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/there-s-no-way-to-put-a-limit-on-what-one-may-accomplish-individually/) [Carlos Castaneda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-castaneda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15a/carlos-castaneda-1384_accomplish_there-s-no-way-to-put-a-limit-on-what-on_403129.jpg) > [It doesn't matter what one reveals or what one keeps to oneself. Everything we do, everything we are, rests on our personal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/it-doesn-t-matter-what-one-reveals-or-what-one-keeps-to-oneself/) [Carlos Castaneda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-castaneda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8b/carlos-castaneda-1384_bits_it-doesn-t-matter-what-one-reveals-or-wh_187315.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Carlos Castaneda > [A warrior, or any man for that matter, cannot possibly wish he were somewhere else; a warrior because he lives by challenge, an ordinary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/a-warrior-or-any-man-for-that-matter-cannot-possibly-wish-he-were/) [Carlos Castaneda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-castaneda/) > [You see all of us go through the same doubts. We are afraid of being mad; unfortunately for us, of course, all of us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/you-see-all-of-us-go-through-the-same-doubts-we-are-afraid-of-being/) [Carlos Castaneda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-castaneda/) > [Intent is what can make a man succeed when his thoughts tell him that he is defeated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/intent-is-what-can-make-a-man-succeed-when-his-thoughts-tell-him-that/) [Carlos Castaneda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-castaneda/) > [The shadows in the early morning don't tell much. The shadows rest at that time. So it's useless to gaze very early in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/the-shadows-in-the-early-morning-don-t-tell-much-the-shadows-rest-at/) [Carlos Castaneda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-castaneda/) > [One can say that the nagual accounts for creativity. The nagual is the only part of us that can create.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/one-can-say-that-the-nagual-accounts-for-creativity-the-nagual-is-the/) [Carlos Castaneda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-castaneda/) > [Do you know at this very moment you are surrounded by eternity? And do you know that you can use that eternity if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/do-you-know-at-this-very-moment-you-are-surrounded-by-eternity-and-do/) [Carlos Castaneda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-castaneda/) > [When a warrior learns to stop the internal dialogue, everything becomes possible; the most far-fetched schemes become attainable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/when-a-warrior-learns-to-stop-the-internal-dialogue-everything/) [Carlos Castaneda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-castaneda/) > [Nothing in this world is a gift. Whatever must be learned must be learned the hard way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/nothing-in-this-world-is-a-gift-whatever-must-be-learned-must-be/) [Carlos Castaneda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-castaneda/) > [Our normal expectations about reality are created by a social consensus. We are taught how to see and understand the world. The trick of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/our-normal-expectations-about-reality-are-created-by-a-social/) [Carlos Castaneda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-castaneda/) > [Inner silence works from the moment you begin to accrue it. What the old sorcerers were after was the final dramatic, end result of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/inner-silence-works-from-the-moment-you-begin-to-accrue-it-what-the/) [Carlos Castaneda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-castaneda/) > [In a world where death is the hunter, my friend, there is no time for regrets or doubts. There is only time for decisions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/in-a-world-where-death-is-the-hunter-my-friend-there-is-no-time-for/) [Carlos Castaneda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-castaneda/) > [Fright is something one can never get over. When a warrior is caught in such a tight spot he would simply turn his back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/fright-is-something-one-can-never-get-over-when-a-warrior-is-caught/) [Carlos Castaneda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-castaneda/) > [You're in a terrible spot. It's too late for you to retreat but too soon to act. All you can do is witness. You're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/you-re-in-a-terrible-spot-it-s-too-late-for-you-to-retreat-but-too/) [Carlos Castaneda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-castaneda/) > [A hunter that is worth his salt does not catch game because he sets his traps, or because he knows the hunting routines of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/a-hunter-that-is-worth-his-salt-does-not-catch-game-because-he-sets/) [Carlos Castaneda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-castaneda/) > [If you were a warrior, you would know that the worst thing one can do is confront human beings directly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/if-you-were-a-warrior-you-would-know-that-the-worst-thing-one-can-do/) [Carlos Castaneda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-castaneda/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/carlos-castaneda/#itemlist", "name": "23 Ifs Quotes By Carlos Castaneda", "numberOfItems": 23, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you were a warrior, you would know that the worst thing one can do is confront human beings directly.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Carlos Castaneda" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/if-you-were-a-warrior-you-would-know-that-the-worst-thing-one-can-do/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce5/carlos-castaneda-1384_can-do_if-you-were-a-warrior-you-would-know-tha_113163.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce5/carlos-castaneda-1384_can-do_if-you-were-a-warrior-you-would-know-tha_113163.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce5/carlos-castaneda-1384_can-do_if-you-were-a-warrior-you-would-know-tha_113163.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you were a warrior, you would know that the worst thing one can do is confront human beings directly.” — Carlos Castaneda", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A warrior acts as if he knows what he is doing, when in effect he knows nothing.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Carlos Castaneda" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/a-warrior-acts-as-if-he-knows-what-he-is-doing-when-in-effect-he/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/474/carlos-castaneda-1384_action_a-warrior-acts-as-if-he-knows-what-he-is_670598.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/474/carlos-castaneda-1384_action_a-warrior-acts-as-if-he-knows-what-he-is_670598.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/474/carlos-castaneda-1384_action_a-warrior-acts-as-if-he-knows-what-he-is_670598.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A warrior acts as if he knows what he is doing, when in effect he knows nothing.” — Carlos Castaneda", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If your tendency is to make sense out of chaos, start chaos.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Carlos Castaneda" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/if-your-tendency-is-to-make-sense-out-of-chaos-start-chaos/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8f/carlos-castaneda-1384_chaos_if-your-tendency-is-to-make-sense-out-of_1851332.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8f/carlos-castaneda-1384_chaos_if-your-tendency-is-to-make-sense-out-of_1851332.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8f/carlos-castaneda-1384_chaos_if-your-tendency-is-to-make-sense-out-of_1851332.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If your tendency is to make sense out of chaos, start chaos.” — Carlos Castaneda", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting... 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If the answer is no, you will know it, and then you must choose another path.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Carlos Castaneda" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/before-you-embark-on-it-you-ask-the-question-does-this-path-have-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a95/carlos-castaneda-1384_answers_before-you-embark-on-it-you-ask-the-ques_916416.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a95/carlos-castaneda-1384_answers_before-you-embark-on-it-you-ask-the-ques_916416.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a95/carlos-castaneda-1384_answers_before-you-embark-on-it-you-ask-the-ques_916416.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Before you embark on it you ask the question: Does this path have a heart? If the answer is no, you will…” — Carlos Castaneda", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If a warrior needs solace he simply chooses anyone and expresses to that person every detail of his turmoil. 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A warrior acts as if nothing had ever happened, because he doesn't believe in anything, yet he accepts everything at its face value.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Carlos Castaneda" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/when-confronted-with-unusual-life-situations-a-warrior-acts-as-if/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e21/carlos-castaneda-1384_accepting_when-confronted-with-unusual-life-situat_302416.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e21/carlos-castaneda-1384_accepting_when-confronted-with-unusual-life-situat_302416.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e21/carlos-castaneda-1384_accepting_when-confronted-with-unusual-life-situat_302416.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“... when confronted with unusual life situations... 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There is no way to plan it ahead of time. That's what's exciting about it. A warrior proceeds as if he had a plan though, because he trusts his personal power. He knows for a fact that it will make him act in th emost appropriate fashion.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Carlos Castaneda" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/hunting-power-is-a-very-strange-affair-there-is-no-way-to-plan-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43f/carlos-castaneda-1384_affair_hunting-power-is-a-very-strange-affair-t_2219329.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43f/carlos-castaneda-1384_affair_hunting-power-is-a-very-strange-affair-t_2219329.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43f/carlos-castaneda-1384_affair_hunting-power-is-a-very-strange-affair-t_2219329.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Hunting power is a very strange affair. There is no way to plan it ahead of time. That's what's exciting…” — Carlos Castaneda", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My benefactor said that when a man embarks on the paths of sorcery he becomes aware, in a gradual manner, that ordinary life has been forever left behind; that knowledge is indeed a frightening affair; that the means of the ordinary world are no longer a buffer for him; and that he must adopt a new way of life if he is going to survive. 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But even more injurious than this sense of immortality is what comes with it : the sense that we can engulf this inconcievable universe with our minds.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Carlos Castaneda" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/what-is-wrong-with-us-human-beings-and-has-been-wrong-since-time/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a96/carlos-castaneda-1384_arrogance_what-is-wrong-with-us-human-beings-and-h_373533.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a96/carlos-castaneda-1384_arrogance_what-is-wrong-with-us-human-beings-and-h_373533.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a96/carlos-castaneda-1384_arrogance_what-is-wrong-with-us-human-beings-and-h_373533.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What is wrong with us human beings, and has been wrong since time immemorial, is that without ever stating…” — Carlos Castaneda", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 16, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In the Art of Dreaming Don Juan tells Carlos, \"... most of our energy goes into upholding our importance... if we were capable of losing some of that importance, two extraordinary things would happen to us. One, we would free our energy from trying to maintain the illusory idea of our grandeur; and two we would provide ourselves with enough energy to ... catch a glimpse of the actual grandeur of the universe.\"", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Carlos Castaneda" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/in-the-art-of-dreaming-don-juan-tells-carlos-most-of-our-energy-goes/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0f/carlos-castaneda-1384_art_in-the-art-of-dreaming-don-juan-tells-ca_2956096.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0f/carlos-castaneda-1384_art_in-the-art-of-dreaming-don-juan-tells-ca_2956096.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0f/carlos-castaneda-1384_art_in-the-art-of-dreaming-don-juan-tells-ca_2956096.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In the Art of Dreaming Don Juan tells Carlos, \"... most of our energy goes into upholding our importance…” — Carlos Castaneda", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 17, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If a warrior wants to pay back for all the favors he has received, and he has no one in particular to address his payment to, he can address it to the spirit of man, That's always a very small account, and whatever one puts in it is more than enough.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Carlos Castaneda" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/if-a-warrior-wants-to-pay-back-for-all-the-favors-he-has-received-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa5/carlos-castaneda-1384_accounts_if-a-warrior-wants-to-pay-back-for-all-t_1136946.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa5/carlos-castaneda-1384_accounts_if-a-warrior-wants-to-pay-back-for-all-t_1136946.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa5/carlos-castaneda-1384_accounts_if-a-warrior-wants-to-pay-back-for-all-t_1136946.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If a warrior wants to pay back for all the favors he has received, and he has no one in particular to…” — Carlos Castaneda", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 18, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When a man has fulfilled all four of these requisites-to be wide awake, to have fear, respect, and absolute assurance-there are no mistakes for which he will have to account; under such conditions his actions lose the blundering quality of the acts of a fool. 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Therefore, a warrior must always keep in mind that a path is only a path; if he feels that he should not follow it, he must not stay with it under any conditions. His decision to keep on that path or to leave it must be free of fear or ambition. He must look at every path closely and deliberately. 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The sadness belongs only to those who hate the very thing that gives shelter to their beings.\" Don Juan again caressed the ground with tenderness. \"This lovely being, which is alive to its last recesses and understands every feeling, soothed me, it cured me of my pains, and finally when I had fully understood my love for it, it taught me freedom.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Carlos Castaneda" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/only-if-one-loves-this-earth-with-unbending-passion-can-one-relieve/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d72/carlos-castaneda-1384_alive_only-if-one-loves-this-earth-with-unbend_129523.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d72/carlos-castaneda-1384_alive_only-if-one-loves-this-earth-with-unbend_129523.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d72/carlos-castaneda-1384_alive_only-if-one-loves-this-earth-with-unbend_129523.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Only if one loves this earth with unbending passion can one relieve one's sadness,\" don Juan said. \"Warriors…” — Carlos Castaneda", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 21, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If his spirit is distorted he should simply fix it-purge it, make it perfect-because there is no other task in our entire lives which is more worthwhile...To seek the perfection of the warrior's spirit is the only task worthy of our temporariness, our manhood.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Carlos Castaneda" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/if-his-spirit-is-distorted-he-should-simply-fix-it-purge-it-make-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa9/carlos-castaneda-1384_courage_if-his-spirit-is-distorted-he-should-sim_2704570.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa9/carlos-castaneda-1384_courage_if-his-spirit-is-distorted-he-should-sim_2704570.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa9/carlos-castaneda-1384_courage_if-his-spirit-is-distorted-he-should-sim_2704570.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If his spirit is distorted he should simply fix it-purge it, make it perfect-because there is no other task…” — Carlos Castaneda", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 22, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's no way to put a limit on what one may accomplish individually if the intent is an impeccable intent. Don Juan's teachings are not spiritual. I repeat this because the question has come to the surface over and over. The idea of spirituality doesn't fit with the iron discipline of a warrior. 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