Book: The teachings of don Juan

What's the point in lying to yourself?

Not many need to die, but those who rush to death, committed to nothing.

... I sat on the floor beside him, dreaming about having a heart attack or fainting - only to shy away from this inevitable step.

Turns out I had completely forgotten that I - man! I felt a great sadness and I started crying.

- ... you're too focused on yourself, that's your problem. It wears you out.
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Look for the miracles around you! Are you tired of looking for one himself, and fatigue makes you blind and deaf to everything around him.

Man lives only in order to learn, and what he is learning - good or bad - depends on its nature and its destiny.

Usually... bewitched man, who stole the soul may catch the sound of a stream or river and carry him to death.

- What is the "right life"?
- A life lived in full consciousness and with full responsibility, a good, strong life.

Man is defeated only when he leaves all attempts and refuses himself.

Anyone who is embarking on teaching, it is necessary to give as much as he is able, and the boundaries of learning determined by their own abilities of a student. This is why conversations on the subject of teaching meaningless. Fear of knowledge - business as usual; we are all susceptible to them, and nothing can be done. However, no matter how frightening nor was the teaching, still scary to imagine a person who has no knowledge.

Too strong a concentration on itself produces a terrible fatigue. The person in this position is deaf and blind to everything else. This strange fatigue prevents him to look up and see the wonders that are many around him. Therefore, besides the problems he had nothing left.

It is useless to waste your life on one path, especially if that path has no heart.

Not many need to die, but one who seeks to die, seeks nothing.
(Some need to die and seek death - means nothing to search for.)

Pride helps a person to learn.