Journey To Ixtlan: The Lessons Of Don Juan Quotes
"For a sorcerer, the world of everyday life is not real, or out there, as we believe it is. For a sorcerer, reality, or the world we all know, is only a description."
"The only thing that counts is action, acting instead of talking."
"To assume the responsibility of one's decisions means that one is ready to die for them."
"Death is our eternal companion. It is always to our left, at an arm's length."
"In a world where death is the hunter, there are no small or big decisions. There are only decisions that we make in the face of our inevitable death."
"The world around us is a mystery, and men are no better than anything else."
"When you get angry you always feel righteous, don't you?"
"You take yourself too seriously. You are too damn important in your own mind."
"Nothing could be more or less serious than anything else. Don't you see? In a world where death is the hunter there are no small or big decisions."
"The thing to do when you're impatient is to turn to your left and ask advice from your death."
"None of us have time for regrets or doubts. There is only time for decisions."
"What's wrong is that once they know you, you are an affair taken for granted and from that moment on you won't be able to break the tie of their thoughts."
"Every act counts, since you are going to be here for only a short while."
"A hunter knows that his last act on earth should be the best of himself."
"A warrior seeks power and one of the avenues to power is dreaming."
"Power is something a warrior deals with. At first, it's an incredible, far-fetched affair."
"The trick in learning to set up dreaming is not just to look at things but to sustain the sight of them."
"Dreaming is real when one has succeeded in bringing everything into focus."
"To be a hunter is not just to trap game. A hunter is an immaculate hunter who hunts power."
"A warrior gives his last battle its due respect. It's only natural that his last act on earth should be the best of himself."
"The world is very strange at this time of the day. No matter what you see, don't be afraid."
"A hunter leaves very little to chance. I have been trying all along to convince you that you must learn to live in a different way."
"A warrior is not a leaf at the mercy of the wind. No one can push him; no one can make him do things against himself or against his better judgment."
"Power is a very peculiar affair. It is impossible to pin it down and say what it really is. It is a feeling that one has about certain things."
"The world is a mystery. This, what you're looking at, is not all there is to it."
"Every worm that lives here is your friend. You can use them and they can use you."
"Knowledge is power. It takes a long time to harness enough power to even talk about it."
"A warrior does not give up what he loves, he finds the love in what he does."
"A man of knowledge uses everything that life gives him and turns it into something worthwhile."
"The aim is to balance the terror of being alive with the wonder of being alive."
"The only thing that is real is the being in you that is going to die."
"Not-doing is very simple but very difficult. It is not a matter of understanding but of mastering it."
"To arrive at that being is the not-doing of the self."
"The world is such and such or so and so, and naturally we have no choice but to see the world the way people have been telling us it is."
"Once one knows that world all one needs to bring it about is to use that extra ring of power."
"In order to see one must learn the way sorcerers look at the world and thus the ally has to be summoned."
"When your neck gets hard, that is always the sign that you're ready."
"The jolt that one gets from grabbing an ally is so great that one might bite off one's tongue or knock one's teeth out."
"The only sad part is that coyotes are not reliable. They are tricksters."
"In that world coyotes talk and so do deer, as I have told you, and so do rattlesnakes and trees and all other living beings."
"The real thing is when the body realizes that it can see."