The third point of reference is freedom of perception; it is intent; it is spirit; the somersault of thought into the miraculous; the act of reaching beyond our boundaries and touching the inconceivable.

Eventually I saw that the path of the heart requires a full gesture, a degree of abandon that can be terrifying. Only then is it possible to achieve a sparkling metamorphosis.

A warrior acts as if he knows what he is doing, when in effect he knows nothing.

Let's say that when every one of us is born we bring with us a little ring of power. That little ring is almost immediately put to use. So every one of us is already hooked from birth and our rings of power are joined to everyone else's. In other words, our rings of power are hooked to the doing of the world in order to make the world.

To seek the perfection of the warrior's spirit is the only task worthy of our temporariness, our manhood.

...one should never turn to one's left when facing the nagual.

Things don't change. You change your way of looking, that's all