Things are only real after one has learned to agree on their realness. What took place this evening, for instance, cannot possibly be real to you, because no one could agree with you about it. 'Do you mean that you didn't see what happened?'. Of course I did. But I don't count. I am the one who's lying to you, remember?
Carlos CastanedaThe fate of all of us here has been to know that we are prisoners of power. No one knows why us in particular, but what a great fortune!
Carlos CastanedaThe ego is like a tired old dog. We can never kill it, so put it out on the back porch, let it rest there, and step around it.
Carlos CastanedaI too did not want to take the path of a warrior. I believed that all that work was for nothing, and since we are all going to die what difference would it make to be a warrior? I was wrong. But I had to find that out for myself. Whenever you do realize that you are wrong, and that it certainly makes a world of difference, you can say that you are convinced. And then you can proceed by yourself. Any by yourself you may even become a man of knowledge
Carlos Castaneda