Carlos Castaneda quotes - page 3

The average man is hooked to his fellow men, while the warrior is hooked only to infinity. (Carlos Castaneda)
A man goes to knowledge as he goes to war, wide awake, with fear, with respect, and with absolute assurance. View quote
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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. View quote
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To ask me to verify my life by giving you my statistics is like using science to validate sorcery. It robs the world of its magic and makes milestones out of us all. View quote
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Man lives only to learn. And if he learns it is because it is the nature of his lot, for good or bad. View quote
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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. View quote
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We have to balance the lineality of the known universe with the nonlineality of the unknown universe. View quote
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We are men and our lot in life is to learn and to be hurled into inconceivable new worlds. View quote
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Life in itself is sufficient, self-explanatory and complete. View quote
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I had been experiencing brief flashes of disassociation, or shallow states of non-ordinary reality. View quote
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The art of being a warrior is to balance the wonder and the terror of being alive. (Carlos Castaneda)
Wait before revealing a finding. Wait for the most appropriate time to let go of something that you hold. View quote
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Dissipating a mood through overanalyzing it wastes our power. View quote
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The world is unfathomable. And so are we, and so is every being that exists in this world. View quote
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To change our idea of the world is the crux of shamanism. And stopping the internal dialogue is the only way to accomplish it. View quote
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A warrior is someone who seeks freedom. Sadness is not freedom. We must snap out of it. Having a sense of detachment entails having a moment's pause to reassess situations. View quote
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A warrior knows that he is waiting and knows also what he is waiting for, and while he waits he feasts his eyes on the world. The ultimate accomplishment of a warrior is joy. View quote
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Shamanism is a journey of return. A warrior returns victorious to the spirit, having descended into hell. And from hell he brings trophies. Understanding is one of his trophies. View quote
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A warrior doesn't need personal history. One day, he finds it is no longer necessary for him, and he drops it. View quote
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Nobody knows who I am or what I do. Not even I. Don Juan Matus. View quote
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Losing the human form brings the freedom to remember your self. Losing the human form is like a spiral. It gives you the freedom to remember and this in turn makes you even freer. (Carlos Castaneda)
At the level of luminous beings the range is so broad that it is futile to try to establish limits--thus, the energy of a luminous being can be transformed through will into anything. View quote
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What channels the energy of our total being to produce anything that might be within the boundaries of possibility is known as will. View quote
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Silent knowledge is nothing but direct contact with intent. View quote
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Warriors have an ulterior purpose for their acts, which has nothing to do with personal gain. The average man acts only if there is the chance for profit. Warriors act not for profit, but for the spirit. View quote
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Carlos Castaneda

Occupation: American Writer
Born: December 25, 1925
Died: April 27, 1998
Quotes count: 135
Wikipedia: Carlos Castaneda

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