Carlos Castañeda Quotes

The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.

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.

In a world where death is the hunter, my friend, there is no time for regrets or doubts. There is only time for decisions.

Seek and see all the marvels around you. You will get tired of looking at yourself alone, and that fatigue will make you deaf and blind to everything else. - Don Juan

Forget the self and you will fear nothing, in whatever level or awareness you find yourself to be.

The average man is hooked to his fellow men, while the warrior is hooked only to infinity.

Man lives only to learn. And if he learns it is because it is the nature of his lot, for good or bad.

For an instant I think I saw. I saw the loneliness of man as a gigantic wave which had been frozen in front of me, held back by the invisible wall of a metaphor.

We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.

Nothing is pending in the world…nothing is finished, yet nothing is unresolved…Everything is filled to the brim.

We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.