Men Quotes by Carlos Castaneda

Man has a dark side, yes, and it is called stupidity.

— Carlos Castaneda

Self importance is man's greatest enemy.

— Carlos Castaneda

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

— Carlos Castaneda

The average man is hooked to his fellow men, while the warrior is hooked only to infinity.

— Carlos Castaneda

My benefactor used to say the seeds are the 'sober head' -- the only part that could fortify the heart of man.

— Carlos Castaneda

A man of knowledge chooses a path with a heart and follows it and then he looks and rejoices and laughs and…

— Carlos Castaneda

As long as a man feels that he is the most important thing in the world he cannot really appreciate the world…

— Carlos Castaneda

We are men and our lot in life is to learn and to be hurled into inconceivable new worlds.

— Carlos Castaneda

Only a warrior can survive the path of knowledge because the art of the warrior is to balance the pain of being…

— Carlos Castaneda

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

— Carlos Castaneda

The greatest flaw of human beings is to remain glued to the inventory of reason. Reason doesn't deal with man as energy.…

— Carlos Castaneda

Modern man has left the realm of the unknown and the mysterious, and has settled down in the realm of the functional.…

— Carlos Castaneda

Intent is not a thought, or an object, or a wish. Intent is what can make a man succeed when his thoughts…

— Carlos Castaneda

Think about it: what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellow men. Our self-importance requires that…

— Carlos Castaneda

An average man is too concerned with liking people or with being liked himself. A warrior likes, that's all. He likes whatever…

— Carlos Castaneda

A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting... Thus a man of knowledge sweats and puffs and if…

— 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

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

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

— 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

I too did not want to take the path of a warrior. I believed that all that work was for nothing, and…

— Carlos Castaneda

My benefactor said that when a man embarks on the paths of sorcery he becomes aware, in a gradual manner, that ordinary…

— Carlos Castaneda

The self-confidence of the warrior is not the self-confidence of the average man. The average man seeks certainty in the eyes of…

— Carlos Castaneda

Malicious acts are performed by people for personal gain … Sorcerers, though, have an ulterior purpose for their acts, which has nothing…

— Carlos Castaneda

When a man has fulfilled all four of these requisites-to be wide awake, to have fear, respect, and absolute assurance-there are no…

— Carlos Castaneda

Dwelling upon the self too much produces terrible fatigue. A man in that position is deaf and blind to everything else. The…

— Carlos Castaneda

A warrior knows that he is only a man. His only regret is that his life is so short that he can't…

— Carlos Castaneda

A warrior, or any man for that matter, cannot possibly wish he were somewhere else; a warrior because he lives by challenge,…

— Carlos Castaneda

For an instant I think I saw. I saw the loneliness of man as a gigantic wave which had been frozen in…

— Carlos Castaneda

Dreaming is the vehicle that brings dreamers to this world," the emissary said, "and everything sorcerers know about dreaming was taught to…

— Carlos Castaneda

To be a warrior is not a simple matter of wishing to be one. It is rather an endless struggle that will…

— Carlos Castaneda

Once a man worries, he clings to anything out of desperation; and once he clings he is bound to get exhausted or…

— Carlos Castaneda

To achieve the mood of a warrior is not a simple matter. It is a revolution. To regard the lion and the…

— Carlos Castaneda

... a warrior knows that he cannot change, and yet he makes it his business to try to change, even though he…

— Carlos Castaneda

If a warrior wants to pay back for all the favors he has received, and he has no one in particular to…

— Carlos Castaneda

“The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge, while an ordinary…

— Carlos Castaneda

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

— Carlos Castaneda

A warrior takes responsibility for his acts, for the most trivial of acts. An average man acts out his thoughts, and never…

— Carlos Castaneda