Will is what can make you succeed when your thoughts tell you that you're defeated.
Carlos CastanedaFor my teachers, unfortunately, certain things were, as they are for you, only tales of power
Carlos CastanedaOnly a warrior can survive the path of knowledge because the art of the warrior is to balance the pain of being a man with the wonder of being a man.
Carlos CastanedaAll of us, whether or not we are warriors, have a cubic centimeter of chance that pops out in front of our eyes from time to time. The difference between an average man and a warrior is that the warrior is aware of this, and one of his tasks is to be alert, deliberately waiting, so that when his cubic centimeter pops out he has the necessary speed, the prowess, to pick it up.
Carlos Castaneda