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
fall humility warrior
The humbleness of a warrior is not the humbleness of the beggar. The warrior lowers his head to no one, but at the same time, he doesn't permit anyone to lower his head to him. The beggar, on the other hand, falls to his knees at the drop of a hat and scrapes the floor to anyone he deems to be higher; but at the same time, he demands that someone lower than him scrape the floor for him.
mystery sheer thus treat understand
The world is incomprehensible. We wont ever understand it; we wont ever unravel its secrets. Thus we must treat the world as it is: a sheer mystery.
spiritual links cosmos
In the universe there is an immeasurable, indescribable force which shamens call intent, and absolutely everything that exists in the entire cosmos is attached to intent by a connecting link.
continuity human meaning misfortune mysterious none sufficient
That is the misfortune of human beings. None of us have sufficient time, and your continuity has no meaning in this awesome, mysterious world.
deception fail using worthwhile
it's better to get something worthwhile done using deception than to fail to get something worthwhile done using truth.
brought determines matter personal
It doesnt matter how one was brought up. What determines the way one does anything is personal power.
money took
They took money away from us for years, and we never got it back.
emptiness filled life
Theres no emptiness in the life of a warrior. Everything is filled to the brim. Everything is filled to the brim, and everything is equal.
feeling
Feeling important makes one heavy, clumsy, and vain.
acts evil importance isolate remorse warrior
A warrior doesnt know remorse for anything he has done, because to isolate ones acts as being mean, or ugly, or evil is to place an unwarranted importance on the self.
examining exploiting men prevents timid
Being timid prevents us from examining and exploiting our lot as men
men
The world around us is a mystery, and men are no better than anything else.
advantages constitution explain
But we just had to explain to them the advantages and disadvantages of amending our Constitution.
act convince learn short since
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 while, in fact, too short for witnessing all the marvels of it.