Carlos Castaneda
Carlos Castaneda
Carlos Castanedawas an American author with a Ph.D. in anthropology...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth25 December 1925
CountryUnited States of America
inspiration heart looks
Look at every path closely and deliberately, then ask ourselves this crucial question: Does this path have a heart? If it does, then the path is good. If it doesn't, it is of no use.
men metaphysical ifs
Man lives only to learn. And if he learns it is because it is the nature of his lot, for good or bad.
feelings words-of-wisdom awareness
We're a feeling, an awareness encased here
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
self investing juan
Self-importance requires spending most of one's life offended by something or someone.
dream self realizing
Once it has learned to dream the double, the self arrives at this weird crossroad and a moment comes when one realizes that it is the double who dreams the self.
pain grief warrior
... a warrior could not avoid pain and grief but only the indulging in them
yield world steps
The world doesn't yield to us directly, the description of the world stands in between. So, properly speaking, we are always one step removed and our experiences of the world is always a recollection of the experience. We are perennially recollecting the instant that has just happened, just passed. Re recollect, recollect, recollect.
spiritual wisdom warrior
The most effective way to live is as a warrior. A warrior may worry and think before making any decision, but once he makes it, he goes his way, free from worries or thoughts; there will be a million other decisions still awaiting him. That's the warrior's way.
courage warrior hands
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.
lonely loneliness cozy
There is nothing more lonely than eternity. And nothing is more cozy for us than to be a human being. This indeed is another contradiction-how can we keep the bonds of our humanness and still venture gladly and purposefully into the absolute loneliness of eternity?
knowing useless kind
Power rests on the kind of knowledge one holds. What is the sense of knowing things that are useless?
warrior world hardest
The hardest thing in the world is for a warrior to let others be.
regret decision doubt
In a world where death is the hunter, my friend, there is no time for regrets or doubts. There is only time for decisions.