Carlos Castañeda
"A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting."
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"A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting."
"إن رجل المعرفة يحيا بالفعل، لا بالتفكير في الفعل."
Carlos Castañeda
"To achieve the mood of a warrior is not a simple matter. It is a revolution. To regard the lion and the water rats and our fellow men as equals is a magnificent act of a warrior's spirit. It takes power to do that."
"إن بلوغ روح المحارب ليس بالأمر الهين، بل هو ثورة بحد ذاتها. وأن تنظر إلى الأسد وجرذان الماء وبني جلدتنا بعين المساواة، لهو عمل جليل ينبع من صميم روح المحارب. إن ذلك ليقتضي قوة عظيمة."
Carlos Castañeda
"We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same."
Carlos Castañeda
"Any path is only a path and there is no affront to oneself or to others in dropping it if that is what your heart tells you."
Carlos Castañeda
"All of us, whether or not we are warriors, have a cubic centimeter of chance that pops out in front of our eyes from time to time. The difference between an average man and a warrior is that the warrior is aware of this, and one of his tasks is to be alert, deliberately waiting, so that when his cubic centimeter pops out he has the necessary speed, the prowess, to pick it up."
Carlos Castañeda
"Every warrior on the path of knowledge thinks, at one time or another, that he's learning sorcery, but all he's doing is allowing himself to be convinced of the power hidden in his being, and that he can reach it."
Carlos Castañeda
"We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same."
Carlos Castañeda
"Nothing is pending in the world…nothing is finished, yet nothing is unresolved…Everything is filled to the brim."
Carlos Castañeda
"The average man is hooked to his fellow men, while the warrior is hooked only to infinity."
Carlos Castañeda
"Man lives only to learn. And if he learns it is because it is the nature of his lot, for good or bad."
Carlos Castañeda
"The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge while an ordinary man takes everything as a blessing or a curse."
Carlos Castañeda
"The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same."
Carlos Castañeda
"A path is only a path, and there is no affront, to oneself or to others, in dropping it if that is what your heart tells you . . . Look at every path closely and deliberately. Try it as many times as you think necessary. Then ask yourself alone, one question . . . Does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good; if it doesn't it is of no use."
Carlos Castañeda
"We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same."
Carlos Castañeda
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