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
real reality don-juan
The only thing that is real is the being in you that is going to die.
warrior self juan
Life in itself is sufficient, self-explanatory and complete.
who-i-am juan nobody-knows
Nobody knows who I am or what I do. Not even I. Don Juan Matus
warrior action don-juan
A warrior acts as if he knows what he is doing, when in effect he knows nothing.
warrior juan action
A warrior seeks to act rather than talk.
warrior challenges juan
Challenges cannot possibly be good or bad. Challenges are simply challenges.
self investing juan
Self-importance requires spending most of one's life offended by something or someone.
mind path don-juan
Anything is one of a million paths. Therefore you must always keep in mind that a path is only a path; if you feel you should not follow, you must not stay with it under any circumstances.
warrior world juan
A warrior must learn to make every act count, since he is going to be here in this world for only a short while, in fact, too short for witnessing all the marvels of it.
wise wisdom juan
Death is the only wise advisor that we have. Whenever you feel, as you always do, that everything is going wrong and you're about to be annihilated, turn to your death and ask if that is so. Your death will tell you that you're wrong; that nothing really matters outside its touch. Your death will tell you, 'I haven't touched you yet.
war men don-juan
A man goes to knowledge as he goes to war, wide awake, with fear, with respect, and with absolute assurance.
warrior juan courageous
When one has nothing to lose, one becomes courageous. We are timid only when there is something we can still cling to.
juan toes rabbits
When nothing is for sure, we remain alert, perennially on our toes. It is more exciting not to know which bush the rabbit is hiding behind than to behave as though we knew everything.
front laugh worlds
There are worlds upon worlds, right here in front of us. And they are nothing to laugh at.