~ Carlos Castaneda

“The self-confidence of the warrior is not the self-confidence of the average man. The average man seeks certainty in the eyes of the onlooker and calls that self-confidence. The warrior seeks impeccability in his own eyes and calls that humbleness. The average man is hooked to his fellow men, while the warrior is hooked only to infinity.”

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“A warrior doesn’t know remorse for anything he has done, because to isolate one’s acts as being mean, or ugly, or evil is to place an unwarranted importance on the self.”

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

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“When a warrior learns to stop the internal dialogue, everything becomes possible; the most far-fetched schemes become attainable.”

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“It doesn’t matter how one was brought up. What determines the way one does anything is personal power.”

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“Self-importance is our greatest enemy. Think about it – what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellow man.  Our self-importance requires that we spend most of our lives offended by someone.”