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.
Carlos CastanedaKnowledge for a warrior is something that comes at once, engulfs him, and passes on
Carlos CastanedaAs long as a man feels that he is the most important thing in the world he cannot really appreciate the world around him.
Carlos CastanedaPower rests on the kind of knowledge one holds. What is the sense of knowing things that are useless?
Carlos CastanedaThe greatest flaw of human beings is to remain glued to the inventory of reason. Reason doesn't deal with man as energy. Reason deals with instruments that create energy, but it has never seriously occurred to reason that we are better than instruments: we are organisms that create energy. We are bubbles of energy.
Carlos Castaneda