Human beings are on a journey of awareness, which has momentarily been interrupted by extraneous forces.

My benefactor used to say the seeds are the 'sober head' -- the only part that could fortify the heart of man.

Well being is a condition one has to groom, a condition one has to become aquainted with in order to seek it

"Only if one loves this earth with unbending passion can one relieve one's sadness," don Juan said. "Warriors are always joyful because their love is unalterable and their beloved, the earth, embraces them and bestows upon them inconceivable gifts. The sadness belongs only to those who hate the very thing that gives shelter to their beings." Don Juan again caressed the ground with tenderness. "This lovely being, which is alive to its last recesses and understands every feeling, soothed me, it cured me of my pains, and finally when I had fully understood my love for it, it taught me freedom."

The only thing that is real is the being in you that is going to die.

One day I found out that personal history was no longer necessary for me and, like drinking, I dropped it... Little by little you must create a fog around yourself; you must erase everything around you until nothing can be taken for granted, until nothing is any longer for sure, or real. Your problem now is that you're too real. Your endeavors are too real, your moods are too real. Don't take things so for granted. You must begin to erase yourself.

The fact of the matter is that many children see. . . . Most of those who see are considered to be oddballs and every effort is made to correct them.