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Life Quotes by Carlos Castaneda
- The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.
- 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…
- 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…
- There's no emptiness in the life of a warrior. Everything is filled to the brim. Everything is filled to the brim, and everything is equal.
- A warrior knows that he is only a man. His only regret is that his life is so short that he can't grab onto all…
- One ,must have something to die for in order to have something to live for
- Burn your bridges every 2 years.
- It isn't that a warrior learns shamanism as time goes by; rather, what he learns as time goes by is to save energy. This energy…
- 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…
- What is a truthful life? A life lived with deliberateness, a good, strong life.
- I'm never angry at anybody! No human being can do anything important enough for that. You get angry at people when you feel that their…
- We are men and our lot in life is to learn and to be hurled into inconceivable new worlds.
- Only as a warrior can one withstand the path of knowledge. A warrior cannot complain or regret anything. His life is an endless challenge, and…
- You say you need help. Help for what? You have everything needed for the extravagant journey that is your life.
- Life in itself is sufficient, self-explanatory and complete.
- My benefactor told me that my father and mother had lived and died just to have me, and that their own parents had done the…
- For me the world is weird because it is stupendous, awesome, mysterious, unfathomable; my interest has been to convince you that you must assume responsibility…
- All paths are the same: they lead nowhere. ... Does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good; if it doesn't,…
- To ask me to verify my life by giving you my statistics is like using science to validate sorcery. It robs the world of its…
- A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting... Thus a man of knowledge sweats and puffs and if one looks at…
- Any path is only a path, and there is no affront to oneself or to others, in dropping it if that is what your heart…
- A warrior chooses a path with heart, any path with heart, and follows it; and then he rejoices and laughs. He knows because he sees…
- I wanted to convince you that you must learn to make every act count, since you are going to be here for only a short…
- The basic difference between an ordinary person and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge while an ordinary person takes everything…
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle