Quotes by Carlos Castaneda

About Carlos Castaneda:

Carlos Castaneda was an American author with a Ph.D. in anthropology.
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Forget the self and you will fear nothing, in whatever level or awareness you find yourself to be.

Carlos Castaneda

In a world where death is the hunter, my friend, there is no time for regrets or doubts. There is only time for decisions.

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Death is the only wise advisor that we have. Whenever you feel, as you always do, that everything is going wrong and you're about to be annihilated, turn to your death and ask if that is so. Your death will tell you that you're wrong; that nothing re...

Carlos Castaneda

The dying sun will glow on you without burning, as it has done today. The wind will be soft and mellow and your hilltop will tremble. As you reach the end of your dance you will look at the sun, for you will never see it again in waking or in dreamin...

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Life in itself is sufficient, self-explanatory and complete.

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For an instant I think I saw. I saw the loneliness of man as a gigantic wave which had been frozen in front of me, held back by the invisible wall of a metaphor.

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All paths are the same: they lead nowhere. ... Does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good; if it doesn't, it is of no use. Both paths lead nowhere; but one has a heart, the other doesn't. One makes for a joyful journey; as long as you ...

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Seek and see all the marvels around you. You will get tired of looking at yourself alone, and that fatigue will make you deaf and blind to everything else. - Don Juan

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All of us, whether or not we are warriors, have a cubic centimeter of chance that pops out in front of our eyes from time to time. The difference between an average man and a warrior is that the warrior is aware of this, and one of his tasks is to be...

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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.

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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.

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

Carlos Castaneda

A path is only a path, and there is no affront, to oneself or to others, in dropping it if that is what your heart tells you . . . Look at every path closely and deliberately. Try it as many times as you think necessary. Then ask yourself alone, one ...

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Man lives only to learn. And if he learns it is because it is the nature of his lot, for good or bad.

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The average man is hooked to his fellow men, while the warrior is hooked only to infinity.

Carlos Castaneda

Nothing is pending in the world…nothing is finished, yet nothing is unresolved…Everything is filled to the brim.

Carlos Castaneda

The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge while an ordinary man takes everything as a blessing or a curse.

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

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

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

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Author Bio

  • NameCarlos Castaneda
  • DescriptionPeruvian-American author
  • BornDecember 25, 1925
  • DiedApril 27, 1998
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionAnthropologist; Writer