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….

My benefactor used to say the seeds are the 'sober head' -- the only part that could fortify the heart of man..

Conclusions arrived at through reasoning have very little or no influence in altering the course of our lives..

Think about it: what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellow men. Our self-importance requires that we spend most of o….

Man has a dark side, yes, and it is called stupidity..

Only as a warrior can one withstand the path of knowledge. A warrior cannot complain or regret anything. His life is an endless challenge, and challe….

My benefactor told me that my father and mother had lived and died just to have me, and that their own parents had done the same for them. He said th….

Your thoughts and your actions are fixed forever in their terms. That is slavery. I, on the other hand, brought you freedom. Freedom is expensive, bu….

For my teachers, unfortunately, certain things were, as they are for you, only tales of power.

Things don't change, only the way you look at them..

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 les….

Never take a path that has no heart in it. You can't lose if your heart is in your work, but you can't win if your heart is not in it..

"Only if one loves this earth with unbending passion can one relieve one's sadness," don Juan said. "Warriors are always joyful because their love is….

Burn your bridges every 2 years..

The fate of all of us here has been to know that we are prisoners of power. No one knows why us in particular, but what a great fortune!.

A warrior takes his lot, whatever it may be, and accepts it in ultimate humbleness. He accepts in humbleness what he is, not as a grounds for regret ….

One can say that the nagual accounts for creativity. The nagual is the only part of us that can create..

The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge while an ordinary man takes everything a….

For a human being, sadness is as powerful as terror. Sadness makes a warrior shed tears of blood..

Feeling important makes one heavy, clumsy and vain. To be a warrior one needs to be light and fluid..

A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting... Thus a man of knowledge sweats and puffs and if one looks at him he is just like ….