Quotes about war
warrior experience emptiness
There's no emptiness in the life of a warrior. Everything is filled to the brim. Everything is filled to the brim, and everything is equal. Carlos Castaneda
warrior men average
... a warrior knows that he cannot change, and yet he makes it his business to try to change, even though he knows that he won't be able to. That's the only advantage a warrior has over the average man. The warrior is never disappointed when he fails to change. Carlos Castaneda
warrior world way
Whenever you are in the world of the tonal, you should be an impeccable tonal; no time for irrational crap. But whenever you are in the world of the nagual, you should also be impeccable; no time for rational crap. For the warrior intent is the gate in between. It closes completely behind him when he goes either way Carlos Castaneda
warrior men somewhere-else
A warrior, or any man for that matter, cannot possibly wish he were somewhere else; a warrior because he lives by challenge, an ordinary man because he doesn't know where his death is going to find him. Carlos Castaneda
warrior consistency spirit
...the spirit reveals itself to everyone with the same intensity and consistency, but only warriors are consistently attuned to such revelations. Carlos Castaneda
warrior ghouls worst
If you were a warrior, you would know that the worst thing one can do is confront human beings directly. Carlos Castaneda
warrior self juan
Life in itself is sufficient, self-explanatory and complete. Carlos Castaneda
warrior ordinary
We chose whether to be warriors or to be ordinary. Carlos Castaneda
warrior talking needs
If a warrior needs solace he simply chooses anyone and expresses to that person every detail of his turmoil. After all, the warrior is not seeking to be understood or helped; by talking he's merely relieving himself of his pressure. Carlos Castaneda
warrior men differences
I too did not want to take the path of a warrior. I believed that all that work was for nothing, and since we are all going to die what difference would it make to be a warrior? I was wrong. But I had to find that out for myself. Whenever you do realize that you are wrong, and that it certainly makes a world of difference, you can say that you are convinced. And then you can proceed by yourself. Any by yourself you may even become a man of knowledge Carlos Castaneda
warrior action don-juan
A warrior acts as if he knows what he is doing, when in effect he knows nothing. Carlos Castaneda
warrior juan action
A warrior seeks to act rather than talk. Carlos Castaneda
warrior challenges juan
Challenges cannot possibly be good or bad. Challenges are simply challenges. Carlos Castaneda
warrior words-of-wisdom enlightenment
There is a flaw with words, they always force us to feel enlightened, but when we turn around to face the world they always fail us and we end up facing the world as we always have, without enlightenment Carlos Castaneda
warrior world hardest
The hardest thing in the world is for a warrior to let others be. Carlos Castaneda
warrior world juan
A warrior must learn to make every act count, since he is going to be here in this world for only a short while, in fact, too short for witnessing all the marvels of it. Carlos Castaneda
warrior effort needs
Seeing energy as it flows is an imperious need on the path of knowledge. Ultimately, all the effort of sorcerers is guided to that end. It is not enough for a warrior to know that the universe is energy; he has to verify it for himself. Carlos Castaneda
warrior men addresses
If a warrior wants to pay back for all the favors he has received, and he has no one in particular to address his payment to, he can address it to the spirit of man, That's always a very small account, and whatever one puts in it is more than enough. Carlos Castaneda
war men don-juan
A man goes to knowledge as he goes to war, wide awake, with fear, with respect, and with absolute assurance. Carlos Castaneda
warrior juan courageous
When one has nothing to lose, one becomes courageous. We are timid only when there is something we can still cling to. Carlos Castaneda
warrior
Knowledge for a warrior is something that comes at once, engulfs him, and passes on Carlos Castaneda
warrior things-in-life care
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. Carlos Castaneda
warrior worry
A warrior never worries about his fear. Carlos Castaneda
warrior power people
Nothing can temper the spirit of a warrior as much as the challenge of dealing with impossible people in positions of power. Only under those conditions can warriors acquire the sobriety and serenity to withstand the pressure of the unknowable. Carlos Castaneda
warrior men average
The average man is hooked to his fellow men, while the warrior is hooked only to infinity. Carlos Castaneda
warrior men hands
Once a man worries, he clings to anything out of desperation; and once he clings he is bound to get exhausted or to exhaust whomever or whatever he is clinging to. A warrior-hunter, on the other hand, knows he will lure game into his traps over and over again, so he doesn't worry. Carlos Castaneda
warrior everyday energy-fields
It isn't that a warrior learns shamanism as time goes by; rather, what he learns as time goes by is to save energy. This energy will enable him to handle some of the energy fields which are ordinarily inaccessible to him. Shamanism is a state of awareness, the ability to use energy fields that are not employed in perceiving the everyday-life world that we know. Carlos Castaneda
warrior simple men
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. Carlos Castaneda
war knowing discipline
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. Carlos Castaneda
warrior thinking acting
A warrior lives by acting, not by thinking about acting, nor by thinking about what he will think when he has finished acting. Carlos Castaneda
war thinking civilization
Perhaps civilization will never be safe until we care for something else more than we care for it. The hypothesis has certain facts to support it. As far as peace (which is one ingredient in our idea of civilization)is concerned, I think many would now agree that a foreign policy dominated by desire for peace is one of the many roads that lead to war. C. S. Lewis
war men streets-of-paris
I was eighteen, this was back in '46, so we also had these very frightening images of soldiers in the streets of Paris. So the effect of war, plus my shyness, plus my lack of education - I was afraid of men, really. It changes later, but it took me a certain time to adjust. Agnes Varda
war party exhibitions
The first exhibition [Publo Picasso] was organized by the communist party - because of his position during the war and all that. Agnes Varda