Carlos Castaneda Quotes

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• The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same. Amount
• To achieve the mood of a warrior is not a simple matter. It is a revolution. To regard the lion and the water rats and… Achieve
• Look at every path closely and deliberately, then ask ourselves this crucial question: Does this path have a heart? If it does, then the path… Ask
• All paths are the same, leading nowhere. Therefore, pick a path with heart! All
• A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting. Acting
• Will is what can make you succeed when your thoughts tell you that you're defeated. Attitude
• A warrior doesn't know remorse for anything he has done, because to isolate one's acts as being mean, or ugly, or evil is to place… Acts
• A warrior takes responsibility for his acts, for the most trivial of acts. An average man acts out his thoughts, and never takes responsibility for… Acts
• Feeling important makes one heavy, clumsy and vain. To be a warrior one needs to be light and fluid. Attitude
• We talk to ourselves incessantly about our world. In fact we maintain our world with our internal talk. And whenever we finish talking to ourselves… Attitude
• Whenever a warrior decides to do something, he must go all the way, but he must take responsibility for what he does. No matter what… Action
• Things don't change. You change your way of looking, that's all All
• A warrior must cultivate the feeling that he has everything needed for the extravagant journey that is his life. What counts for a warrior is… Alive
• If a warrior is to succeed at anything, the success must come gently, with a great deal of effort but with no stress or obsession. Deal
• The world is such-and-such or so-and-so only because we tell ourselves that that is the way it is. Inspirational
• The warrior: silent in his struggle, undetainable because he has nothing to lose, functional and efficacious because he has everything to gain. Efficacious
• Conclusions arrived at through reasoning have very little or no influence in altering the course of our lives. Altering
• All paths lead nowhere, so it is important to choose a path that has heart. All
• A warrior acts as if he knows what he is doing, when in effect he knows nothing. Action
• A warrior lives by acting, not by thinking about acting, nor by thinking about what he will think when he has finished acting. Acting

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