Nothing in this world is a gift. Whatever must be learned must be learned the hard way. — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
You are like you are, because you tell yourself that you are that way. — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
The world is such-and-such or so-and-so only because we tell ourselves that that is the way it is. — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter how one was brought up. What determines the way one does anything is personal power. — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
To die with elation is a crappy way of dying... A warrior dies the hard way. His death must struggle to take… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
Our senses perceive the way they do because a specific feature of our awareness forces them to do so...because we learn what… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
...that was the way human beings are; they love to be told what to do, but they love even more to fight… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
There is no way to escape the doing of our world, so what a warrior does is to turn his world into… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
There's no way to put a limit on what one may accomplish individually if the intent is an impeccable intent. Don Juan's… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
Whenever a warrior decides to do something, he must go all the way, but he must take responsibility for what he does.… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
To be a warrior is not a simple matter of wishing to be one. It is rather an endless struggle that will… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
Our normal expectations about reality are created by a social consensus. We are taught how to see and understand the world. The… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
The most effective way to live is as a warrior. A warrior may worry and think before making any decision, but once… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
My benefactor said that when a man embarks on the paths of sorcery he becomes aware, in a gradual manner, that ordinary… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
Whenever you are in the world of the tonal, you should be an impeccable tonal; no time for irrational crap. But whenever… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
A warrior, or any man for that matter, cannot possibly wish he were somewhere else; a warrior because he lives by challenge, an ordinary… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share
You see all of us go through the same doubts. We are afraid of being mad; unfortunately for us, of course, all of us… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share
Intent is what can make a man succeed when his thoughts tell him that he is defeated. — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share
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… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share
One can say that the nagual accounts for creativity. The nagual is the only part of us that can create. — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share
Do you know at this very moment you are surrounded by eternity? And do you know that you can use that eternity if you… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share
When a warrior learns to stop the internal dialogue, everything becomes possible; the most far-fetched schemes become attainable. — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share
Nothing in this world is a gift. Whatever must be learned must be learned the hard way. — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share
Our normal expectations about reality are created by a social consensus. We are taught how to see and understand the world. The trick of… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share
Inner silence works from the moment you begin to accrue it. What the old sorcerers were after was the final dramatic, end result of… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share
In a world where death is the hunter, my friend, there is no time for regrets or doubts. There is only time for decisions. — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share
Fright is something one can never get over. When a warrior is caught in such a tight spot he would simply turn his back… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share
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… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share
A hunter that is worth his salt does not catch game because he sets his traps, or because he knows the hunting routines of… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share
If you were a warrior, you would know that the worst thing one can do is confront human beings directly. — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share
