Quotes by Carlos Castaneda

Any path is only a path and there is no affront to oneself or to others in dropping it if that is what your heart tells you.

We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.

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 warriors spirit. It takes power to do that.

A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting.

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

“Death is the only wise advisor that we have. Whenever you feel, as you always do, that everything is going wrong and youre about to be annihilated, turn to your death and ask if that is so. Your death will tell you that youre wrong; that nothing really matters outside its touch. Your death will tell you, I havent touched you yet.”

“The dying sun will glow on you without burning, as it has done today. The wind will be soft and mellow and your hilltop will tremble. As you reach the end of your dance you will look at the sun, for you will never see it again in waking or in dreaming, and then your death will point to the south. To the vastness.”