Heightened awareness is a mystery only for a reason.

It is best to erase all personal history because that would make us free from the encumbering thoughts of other people

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

Intent is what can make a man succeed when his thoughts tell him that he is defeated.

... the daily world exists because we know how to hold its images; consequently, if one drops the attention needed to maintain those images, the world collapses

Things don't change, only the way you look at them.

"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."