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When a man has fulfilled all four of these requisites-to be wide awake, to have fear, respect, and absolute assurance-there are no mistakes for which he will have to account; under such conditions his actions lose the blundering quality of the acts of a fool. If such a man fails, or suffers a defeat, he will have lost only a battle, and there will be no pitiful regrets over that. Carlos Castaneda
courage warrior perfect
If his spirit is distorted he should simply fix it-purge it, make it perfect-because there is no other task in our entire lives which is more worthwhile...To seek the perfection of the warrior's spirit is the only task worthy of our temporariness, our manhood.
courage struggle warrior
To be a warrior is not a simple matter of wishing to be one. It is rather an endless struggle that will go on to the very last moment of our lives. Nobody is born a warrior, in exactly the same way that nobody is born an average man. We make ourselves into one or the other.
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Personal history must be constantly renewed by telling parents, relatives, and friends everything one does. On the other hand, for the warrior who has no personal history, no explanations are needed; nobody is angry or disillusioned with his acts. And above all, no one pins him down with their thoughts and their expectations.
courage warrior years
There are lots of things a warrior can do at a certain time which he couldn't do years before. Those things themselves did not change; what changed was his idea of himself.
courage warrior decision
A rule of thumb for a warrior is that he makes his decisions so carefully that nothing that may happen as a result of them can surprise him, much less drain his power.
courage humble eye
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.
courage editors finally friend novelist reply talking
When finally I mustered the courage to tell a novelist friend that I was talking to editors about a biography, her reply was, 'Oh, that's okay. That's not a real book.' Stacy Schiff
courage failure humility
Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself. Charlie Chaplin
conformity restful
nothing is more restful than conformity. Elizabeth Bowen
conformity non-conformity
Each one of us has to be what he or she is. Kurt Vonnegut
conformity breathe easier
Conformity makes everything easier, if you can still breathe. Mason Cooley
conformity council military others outside
If the U.S. and others were to go outside the council and take military action, it would not be in conformity with the charter. Kofi Annan
conformity sophistication
Sophistication is upscale conformity. James Richardson
conformity clique nonconformist
You rarely find a nonconformist who goes it alone Eric Hoffer
conformity creates market people
The market creates conventionality and conformity, but that's not really what people want to see. Bennett Miller
conformity horror symmetry
We come from the mentality, that rarely sees the horror in symmetry or the beauty in non-conformity Shane Koyczan
conformity should ideals
The American ideal is, after all, that everyone should be as much alike as possible. James A. Baldwin
hallmark existence restlessness
Restlessness is the hallmark of existence. Arthur Schopenhauer
hallmark technology worked
Many of the engineers I interviewed worked on reverse-engineering technology. It's a hallmark of Area 51. Annie Jacobsen
hallmark
Demolishing pretensions, especially worthy ones, is a hallmark of the baby boom. P. J. O'Rourke
hallmark competence knows
To know one's own limitations is the hallmark of competence. Dorothy L. Sayers
hallmark negation
It is the hallmark of any deep truth that its negation is also a deep truth Niels Bohr
hallmark justice last
a hallmark of American justice in the last 30 years. Stephen Breyer
hallmark distinguished has-beens
The most distinguished hallmark of the American society is and always has been change. Eric Sevareid