A rule of thumb for a warrior is that he makes his decisions so carefully that nothing that may happen as a result of them can surprise him, much less drain his power. Carlos Castaneda More Quotes by Carlos Castaneda More Quotes From Carlos Castaneda It was stupidity that forced us to discard anything that did not conform with ourself - reflective expectations. Carlos Castaneda conform stupidity expectations ... a warrior could not avoid pain and grief but only the indulging in them Carlos Castaneda warrior pain grief If a warrior wants to pay back for all the favors he has received, and he has no one in particular to address his payment to, he can address it to the spirit of man, That's always a very small account, and whatever one puts in it is more than enough. Carlos Castaneda warrior pay men I had been experiencing brief flashes of disassociation, or shallow states of non-ordinary reality. Carlos Castaneda shallow ordinary reality There is no way to escape the doing of our world, so what a warrior does is to turn his world into his hunting ground. As a hunter, a warrior knows that the world is made to be used. So he uses every bit of it. A warrior is like a pirate that has no qualms in taking and using anything he wants, except that a warrior doesn't mind or he doesn't feel insulted when he is used and taken himself Carlos Castaneda hunting warrior taken ...one should never turn to one's left when facing the nagual. Carlos Castaneda turns left should The fate of all of us here has been to know that we are prisoners of power. No one knows why us in particular, but what a great fortune! Carlos Castaneda prisoner fate fortune The dying sun will glow on you without burning, as it has done today. Carlos Castaneda burning dying done A warrior, or any man for that matter, cannot possibly wish he were somewhere else; a warrior because he lives by challenge, an ordinary man because he doesn't know where his death is going to find him. Carlos Castaneda warrior somewhere-else men Well being is a condition one has to groom, a condition one has to become aquainted with in order to seek it Carlos Castaneda well-being awareness order If his spirit is distorted he should simply fix it-purge it, make it perfect-because there is no other task in our entire lives which is more worthwhile...To seek the perfection of the warrior's spirit is the only task worthy of our temporariness, our manhood. Carlos Castaneda warrior courage life If a warrior needs solace he simply chooses anyone and expresses to that person every detail of his turmoil. After all, the warrior is not seeking to be understood or helped; by talking he's merely relieving himself of his pressure. Carlos Castaneda warrior details talking ... when confronted with unusual life situations... A warrior acts as if nothing had ever happened, because he doesn't believe in anything, yet he accepts everything at its face value. Carlos Castaneda warrior faces believe For a human being, sadness is as powerful as terror. Sadness makes a warrior shed tears of blood. Carlos Castaneda warrior sadness powerful 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 him he is just like an ordinary man, except that the folly of his life is under his control. Carlos Castaneda men knowledge thinking This very rock where we're sitting is a rock because we have been forced to give out attention to it Carlos Castaneda rocks attention giving Malicious acts are performed by people for personal gain … Sorcerers, though, have an ulterior purpose for their acts, which has nothing to do with personal gain. The fact that they enjoy their acts does not count as gain. Rather, it is a condition of their character. The average man acts only if there is a chance for profit. Warriors say they act not for profit but for the spirit. Carlos Castaneda warrior character men Things are only real after one has learned to agree on their realness. What took place this evening, for instance, cannot possibly be real to you, because no one could agree with you about it. 'Do you mean that you didn't see what happened?'. Of course I did. But I don't count. I am the one who's lying to you, remember? Carlos Castaneda real mean lying Life in itself is sufficient, self-explanatory and complete. Carlos Castaneda juan warrior self That's your doing. Now in order to affect that doing I am going to recommend that you learn another doing... It may hook you to another doing and then you may realize that both doings are lies, unreal, and that to hinge yourself to either one is a waste of time, because the only thing that is real is the being in you that is going to die. To arrive at that being is the note-doing of the self Carlos Castaneda real self lying
