Carlos Castaneda Quotes

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• You are like you are, because you tell yourself that you are that way.

  Carlos Castaneda

  Way, Like You

  Carlos Castaneda (2013). “Tales of Power”, p.33, Simon and Schuster

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

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Happy Birthday

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• 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.

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  Heart, Winning, Path

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• 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.

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  War, Knowing, Discipline

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• The aim is to balance the terror of being alive with the wonder of being alive.

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  Balance, Alive, Wonder

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• Self-importance requires spending most of one's life offended by something or someone.

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  Self, Investing, Juan

  Carlos Castaneda (2009). “The Wheel Of Time: The Shamans Of Mexico Their Thoughts About Life De”, p.230, Simon and Schuster

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• All paths are the same: they lead nowhere. ... Does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good; if it doesn't, it is of no use. Both paths lead nowhere; but one has a heart, the other doesn't. One makes for a joyful journey; as long as you follow it, you are one with it. The other will make you curse your life. One makes you strong; the other weakens you.

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  Strong, Heart, Journey

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• We don't need more to be thankful for, we just need to be more thankful.

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  Being Thankful, Needs

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• In the Art of Dreaming Don Juan tells Carlos, "... most of our energy goes into upholding our importance... if we were capable of losing some of that importance, two extraordinary things would happen to us. One, we would free our energy from trying to maintain the illusory idea of our grandeur; and two we would provide ourselves with enough energy to ... catch a glimpse of the actual grandeur of the universe."

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  Dream, Art, Ideas

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• The self-confidence of the warrior is not the self-confidence of the average man. The average man seeks certainty in the eyes of the onlooker and calls that self-confidence. The warrior seeks impeccability in his own eyes and calls that humbleness. The average man is hooked to his fellow men, while the warrior is hooked only to infinity.

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  Courage, Humble, Eye

  Carlos Castaneda (2013). “Tales of Power”, p.7, Simon and Schuster

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

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  Regret, Decision, Doubt

  CARLOS CASTANEDA (1972). “Journey to Ixtlan”

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• The world is incomprehensible. We won't ever understand it; we won't ever unravel its secrets. Thus we must treat the world as it is: a sheer mystery.

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  Motherhood, Secret, World

  Carlos Castaneda (1971). “A Separate Reality.Further Conversations with Don Juan”

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• 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.

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  Positive, Attitude, Warrior

  Carlos Castaneda (2013). “Tales of Power”, p.106, Simon and Schuster

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• "Only if one loves this earth with unbending passion can one relieve one's sadness," don Juan said. "Warriors are always joyful because their love is unalterable and their beloved, the earth, embraces them and bestows upon them inconceivable gifts. The sadness belongs only to those who hate the very thing that gives shelter to their beings." Don Juan again caressed the ground with tenderness. "This lovely being, which is alive to its last recesses and understands every feeling, soothed me, it cured me of my pains, and finally when I had fully understood my love for it, it taught me freedom."

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  Pain, Hate, Passion

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• The ego is like a tired old dog. We can never kill it, so put it out on the back porch, let it rest there, and step around it.

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  Dog, Tired, Ego

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• Things don't change, only the way you look at them.

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  Spiritual, Perspective, Looks

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• The difficulty is to learn to perceive with your whole body, not with just your eyes and reason. The world becomes a stream of tremendously rapid, unique events. So you must trim your body to make it a good receptor. The body is an awareness; and it must be treated impeccably.

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  Eye, Unique, Events

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• 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.

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  Warrior, Things In Life, Care

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• A warrior never worries about his fear.

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  Fear, Attitude, Warrior

  Carlos Castaneda (2009). “The Wheel Of Time: The Shamans Of Mexico Their Thoughts About Life De”, p.33, Simon and Schuster

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• When you need an answer, look over your left shoulder and ask your death.

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  Over You, Needs, Looks

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• When one has nothing to lose, one becomes courageous. We are timid only when there is something we can still cling to.

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  Friendship, Warrior, Honor

  Carlos Castaneda (2013). “Second Ring of Power”, p.106, Simon and Schuster

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• As long as a man feels that he is the most important thing in the world he cannot really appreciate the world around him.

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  Men, Long, Appreciate

  Carlos Castaneda (2009). “The Wheel Of Time: The Shamans Of Mexico Their Thoughts About Life De”, p.80, Simon and Schuster

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• 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.

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  Wise, Wisdom, Juan

  Carlos Castaneda (2012). “Journey To Ixtlan”, p.34, Simon and Schuster

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• 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.

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  Stress, Warrior, Effort

  Carlos Castaneda (2009). “The Wheel Of Time: The Shamans Of Mexico Their Thoughts About Life De”, p.116, Simon and Schuster

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• Nothing in this world is a gift. Whatever must be learned must be learned the hard way.

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  Learning, Reality, World

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