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

- Carlos Castaneda

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.

- Carlos Castaneda

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

- Carlos Castaneda

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.

- Carlos Castaneda

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

- Carlos Castaneda

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

- Carlos Castaneda

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

- Carlos Castaneda

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.

- Carlos Castaneda

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

- Carlos Castaneda

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.

- Carlos Castaneda

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

- Carlos Castaneda

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

- Carlos Castaneda