Carlos Castaneda

Peruvian-American author

1925–1998

5 quotes, most often on Knowledge.

There is a question that a warrior has to ask, mandatorily: Does this path have a heart?
The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe (1998), “Quotations from The Teachings of Don Juan” (Chapter 4)
- Decisions
Nothing in this world is a gift. Whatever has to be learned must be learned the hard way.
The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe (1998), “Quotations from The Teachings of Don Juan” (Chapter 4)
- Experience
- Knowledge
The world is unfathomable. And so are we, and so is every being that exists in this world.
The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe (1998), Quotations from “Tales of Power” (Chapter 10)
- Philosophy
A warrior knows that he is waiting and knows also what he is waiting for, and while he waits he feasts his eyes on the world. The ultimate accomplishment of a warrior is joy.
The Eagle’s Gift, (1981)
- Happiness
Power rests on the kind of knowledge that one holds. What is the sense of knowing things that are useless? They will not prepare us for our unavoidable encounter with the unknown.
The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe (1998), “Quotations from The Teachings of Don Juan” (Chapter 4)
- Knowledge
- Power

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