Carlos Castaneda Quotes: 8

• You have everything needed for the extravagant journey that is your life.

• We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.

• The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.

• 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 question . . . Does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good; if it doesn't it is of no use.

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

  Journey to Ixtlan

• 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 really matters outside its touch. Your death will tell you, 'I haven't touched you yet.

  Journey to Ixtlan

• 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 follow it, you are one with it. The other will make you curse your life. One makes you strong; the other weakens you.

  The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge

• 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 dreaming, and then your death will point to the south. To the vastness.

  Journey to Ixtlan