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
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When a man has fulfilled all four of these requisitesto be wide awake, to have fear, respect, and absolute assurancethere are no mistakes for which he will have to account; under such conditions his actions lose the blundering quality of the acts of a fool. If such a man fails, or suffers a defeat, he will have lost only a battle, and there will be no pitiful regrets over that.
warrior thinking acting
A warrior lives by acting, not by thinking about acting, nor by thinking about what he will think when he has finished acting.
attitude eye responsibility
We hardly ever realize that we can cut anything out of our lives, anytime, in the blink of an eye.
realization
Beware of those who weep with realization, for they have realized nothing.
secret
The secret is not in what you do to yourself but rather in what you don't do.
heart winning path
Never take a path that has no heart in it. You can't lose if your heart is in your work, but you can't win if your heart is not in it.
way looks spirituality
Things don't change, only the way you look at them.
warrior things-in-life care
When a warrior has put an end to his routines, when he doesn't care anymore whether he has company or is alone, because he has heard the silent whisper of the spirit; then you can say that, truly, he has died. From that point on, even the simplest things in life become extraordinary for him.
men inventory energy
The greatest flaw of human beings is to remain glued to the inventory of reason. Reason doesn't deal with man as energy. Reason deals with instruments that create energy, but it has never seriously occurred to reason that we are better than instruments: we are organisms that create energy. We are bubbles of energy.
stress warrior effort
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.
war knowing discipline
Discipline, as understood by a warrior, is creative, open, and produces freedom. It is the ability to face the unknown, transforming the feeling of knowing into reverent astonishment; of considering things that exceed the scope of our habits, and daring to face the only war that is worthwhile: The battle for awareness.
being-thankful needs
We don't need more to be thankful for, we just need to be more thankful.
men long appreciate
As long as a man feels that he is the most important thing in the world he cannot really appreciate the world around him.
balance alive wonder
The aim is to balance the terror of being alive with the wonder of being alive.