Author of quotes: Carlos Castaneda. Page 2

Every time you feel obligated to explain your actions like you're the only one on earth who lives properly.

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

To understand the reality familiar to another, you must first get rid of your own reality; but man is not easy to get rid of the usual picture of the world, this habit must be broken by force.

We live in a "bankrupt" society.

You act like this is a dream. Act boldly and do not look for excuses.

Be ruthless, but charming, ' he repeated. - Be cunning but nice. Be patient but active. Be gentle but deadly. This can only be a woman. If so could act the man, he'd be perfect.

I again asked him to explain the meaning of the term "unbending intent". He said that this kind of unwavering focus of the mind; clearly-defined goal, undisturbed by any conflicting interests or desires.

I insisted that to feel anxious, or to be with the world in conflict - a normal human condition.
- So change it! - he said dryly. - It is a challenge, and if you do not accept it, then you're practically dead.

- If you decided something, you need to go to the end, - he said, - but you need to take responsibility for what you do. What man makes, does not matter, but he must know why he does it, and to act without hesitation or regret.

If you don't like what you get, change what you give.

Perfection begins with some simple steps, which must be focused, accurate and carried out with determination. Repeating this motion long enough one gains unbending intent.

You have no time, and at the same time you are surrounded by eternity.

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

... nothing tempers the spirit of a warrior as the need to deal with insufferable types who have the real power and strength. This is the perfect challenge, and only in such circumstances the warrior takes poise and clarity, without which it is impossible to survive the onslaught of the unknowable.