There is a flaw with words, they always force us to feel enlightened, but when we turn around to face the world they always fail us and we end up facing the world as we always have, without enlightenment

Dwelling upon the self too much produces terrible fatigue. A man in that position is deaf and blind to everything else. The fatigue itself makes him cease to see the marvels all around.

Before you embark on it you ask the question: Does this path have a heart? If the answer is no, you will know it, and then you must choose another path.

A man goes to knowledge as he goes to war, wide awake, with fear, with respect, and with absolute assurance.

You're chained to you reason ... Understanding is only a very small affair, so very small

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

One can say that the nagual accounts for creativity. The nagual is the only part of us that can create.