For me the world is weird because it is stupendous, awesome, mysterious, unfathomable; my interest has been to convince you that you must assume responsibility for being here, in this marvelous world, in this marvelous desert, in this marvelous time. I want to convince you that you must learn to make every act count, since you are going to be here for only a short while, in fact, too short for witnessing all the marvels of it.

Discipline, as understood by a warrior, is creative, open, and produces freedom. It is the ability to face the unknown, transforming the feeling of knowing into reverent astonishment; of considering things that exceed the scope of our habits, and daring to face the only war that is worthwhile: The battle for awareness.

We are men and our lot in life is to learn and to be hurled into inconceivable new worlds.

You are like you are, because you tell yourself that you are that way.

Tonight in your dreams you must look at your hands.

...one should never turn to one's left when facing the nagual.

When one has nothing to lose, one becomes courageous. We are timid only when there is something we can still cling to.