Carlos Castaneda
Carlos Castaneda
Carlos Castanedawas an American author with a Ph.D. in anthropology...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth25 December 1925
CountryUnited States of America
learning health warrior
When a warrior learns to stop the internal dialogue, everything becomes possible; the most far-fetched schemes become.
courage struggle warrior
To be a warrior is not a simple matter of wishing to be one. It is rather an endless struggle that will go on to the very last moment of our lives. Nobody is born a warrior, in exactly the same way that nobody is born an average man. We make ourselves into one or the other.
heart answers path
Before you embark on it you ask the question: Does this path have a heart? If the answer is no, you will know it, and then you must choose another path.
warrior juan action
A warrior seeks to act rather than talk.
men rehabilitation succeed
Intent is what can make a man succeed when his thoughts tell him that he is defeated.
warrior action don-juan
A warrior acts as if he knows what he is doing, when in effect he knows nothing.
perfection body units
The body must be perfection before the will is a functioning unit
should turns left
...one should never turn to one's left when facing the nagual.
dark men stupidity
Man has a dark side, yes, and it is called stupidity.
warrior world way
Whenever you are in the world of the tonal, you should be an impeccable tonal; no time for irrational crap. But whenever you are in the world of the nagual, you should also be impeccable; no time for rational crap. For the warrior intent is the gate in between. It closes completely behind him when he goes either way
powerful sadness warrior
For a human being, sadness is as powerful as terror. Sadness makes a warrior shed tears of blood.
tunes spirit
...to tune the spirit when someone is trampling on you is called control
morning shadow wake-up
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 day. Around six in the morning the shadows wake up, and they are best around five in the afternoon. Then they are fully awake.
warrior men average
... a warrior knows that he cannot change, and yet he makes it his business to try to change, even though he knows that he won't be able to. That's the only advantage a warrior has over the average man. The warrior is never disappointed when he fails to change.