Carlos Castaneda

“All paths are the same, leading nowhere. Therefore, pick a path with heart!”

“דאגתנו הראשונה צריכה להיות עצמנו. אני יכול לחבב אחרים רק כשיש לי את כל כוחותיי ואני לא מרגיש מדוכא.”

“עלינו להתחיל בהבנה שיש הרבה יותר בעולם ממה שאנחנו בדרך כלל מכירים. הציפיות הרגילות שלנו לגבי המציאות נובעות מקונצנזוס חברתי. מלמדים אותנו כיצד לראות ולהבין את העולם.”

“כל צעד של הלימוד הוא משימה חדשה.”

“דברים לא משתנים. אתה רק משנה את הדרך שבה אתה מסתכל על דברים.”

“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.”

“The only thing that is real is the being in you that is going to die.”

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

“Leave Jesus on the cross. He's very happy there!”

“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.”

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

“To compare Tensegrity with yoga or t'ai chi is not possible. It has a different origin and a different purpose. The origin is shamanic, the purpose is shamanic.”

“The things shamans deal with are extremely practical. They break down parameters of normal historical reality. Magical passes are just one aspect of that.”

“We have to balance the lineality of the known universe with the nonlineality of the unknown universe.”

“A man of knowledge chooses a path with a heart and follows it and then he looks and rejoices and laughs and then he sees and knows.”

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