"...that was the way human beings are; they……" — Carlos Castaneda
"...that was the way human beings are; they love to be told what to do, but they love even more to fight and not do what they are told, and thus they get entangled in hating the one who told them in the first place."
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158 Quotes by Carlos Castaneda
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A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting.
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Feeling important makes one heavy, clumsy and vain. To be a warrior one needs to be light and fluid.
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