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The Teachings of Don Juan
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An anthropologist explores the mystical teachings and experiences of a powerful Yaqui Indian shaman.

fiction | 256 pages | Published in 1968

Quotes

Man is a being that is going to die. In such a weird world, what’s the point of learning anything? You’re just waiting for death.

Carlos Castaneda

To me, being impeccable means to integrate and harmonize all the various aspects of ourselves – the good and the bad – so that we become whole, and not fragmented beings.

Carlos Castaneda

The only thing that counts is action, not knowledge. Awareness in the make-or-break element for a warrior.

Carlos Castaneda

In the universe, there is an unmeasurable force which shamans call intent, and absolutely everything that exists in the entire cosmos is attached to intent by a connecting link.

Carlos Castaneda

Power is the very force that brings us to a beautiful death and promises us an impeccable afterlife.

Carlos Castaneda

Only a warrior that is attentive, un-compromising, and without mercy can save what they love.

Carlos Castaneda

A warrior knows that war is made by men. Since men are flawed, the outcome of war is also flawed.

Carlos Castaneda

The world is such-and-such or so-and-so only because we tell ourselves that that is the way it is.

Carlos Castaneda

Warriors are forever making decisions. And choosing a path with heart is simple; it is to avoid all confusion that only they can explain.

Carlos Castaneda

It is important to not attach ourselves to words or explanations, but to the tangible actions and effects that they create.

Carlos Castaneda