I had been experiencing brief flashes of disassociation, or shallow states of non-ordinary reality.

Malicious acts are performed by people for personal gain … Sorcerers, though, have an ulterior purpose for their acts, which has nothing to do with personal gain. The fact that they enjoy their acts does not count as gain. Rather, it is a condition of their character. The average man acts only if there is a chance for profit. Warriors say they act not for profit but for the spirit.

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

A warrior thinks of death when things become unclear. The idea of death is the only thing that tempers our spirit.

As long as a man feels that he is the most important thing in the world he cannot really appreciate the world around him.

A warrior, on the other hand, is a hunter. He calculates everything. That's control. But once his calculations are over he acts. He lets go. That's abandon.

Nobody knows who I am or what I do. Not even I. Don Juan Matus