In the Art of Dreaming Don Juan tells Carlos, "... most of our energy goes into upholding our importance... if we were capable of losing some of that….

For a sorcerer, reality, or the world as we all know it, is only a description..

The shadows in the early morning don't tell much. The shadows rest at that time. So it's useless to gaze very early in the day. Around six in the mor….

Modern man has left the realm of the unknown and the mysterious, and has settled down in the realm of the functional. He is turned is back to the wor….

A warrior never worries about his fear..

My worrying, for instance, was a scene in which I looked at myself while I had the sensation of being boxed in. I call that worrying, It has happened….

Forget the self and you will fear nothing, in whatever level or awareness you find yourself to be..

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 ….

Discipline, as understood by a warrior, is creative, open, and produces freedom. It is the ability to face the unknown, transforming the feeling of k….

Self-importance requires spending most of one's life offended by something or someone..

We don't need more to be thankful for, we just need to be more thankful..

It is best to erase all personal history because that would make us free from the encumbering thoughts of other people.

The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same..

If you were a warrior, you would know that the worst thing one can do is confront human beings directly..

Man lives only to learn. And if he learns it is because it is the nature of his lot, for good or bad..

... a warrior could not avoid pain and grief but only the indulging in them.

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 whisp….

Whenever a warrior decides to do something, he must go all the way, but he must take responsibility for what he does. No matter what he does, he must….

Anything is one of a million paths. Therefore, a warrior must always keep in mind that a path is only a path; if he feels that he should not follow i….

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 worthwh….

Within these premises, the only thing one can be is an impeccable mediator. One is not the player in this cosmic match of chess, one is simply a pawn….